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U.S. Bank Regulator Notifies Congress of Major Data Security Breach

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Dissent

Donna Borak reports: A U.S. bank regulator on Friday disclosed a data breach involving a former agency employee’s unauthorized removal of more than 10,000 records. The cybersecurity breach was first detected by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in September while the agency was undertaking a retrospective two-year review of employees downloading information…

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IDF colonel suspended for stolen military laptop

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Dissent

yoav Zitun reports: Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel suspended an Air Force col. for two weeks, after he reported that his army-issued laptop was stolen from his home. The commander, who serves in the military headquarters in the Kiryah, reportedly took the laptop home with him, despite orders not to do so. It…

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Nuclear power, defense workers leaking data through unsecure pagers

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Dissent

Joe Uchill reports: Nuclear power plants, chemical plants, defense contractors and other highly sensitive industries and workers are leaking information through their pagers, a new report shows. Pagers have been out of vogue with the public since the rise of the cellphone but are still used to send automated messages from industrial systems or building automation systems….

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AU: Lawyers duped by paramedic injury fraud

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Dissent

Kelly Burke reports: A government employee who duped some of Sydney’s leading law firms by selling the personal details of 130 injured paramedics pocketed more than $200,000 before walking out of court with a good behaviour bond. NSW Ambulance’s former injury management co-ordinator Waqar Ahmad Malik gained access to a list of injured paramedics the NSW…

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NJ: Couple used IDs of prison inmates to file $317K in false insurance claims, authorities say

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

Toniann Antonelli reports: A Delaware couple has been indicted on charges that they used the names of prison inmates to fraudulently collect more than $317,000 in New Jersey unemployment and temporary disability benefits. Jose Crespo, 50, and his wife, Marilyn Crespo, 48, both of New Castle, Delaware, were indicted Wednesday on second degree charges of…

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NY: Hackers breach City of Middletown computer system

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

Michael Randall reports: MIDDLETOWN – The city said Friday that computer hackers gained access to personal information of people who had contact with the Middletown Police Department. While an investigation has found no evidence of fraudulent misuse of personal information, the city is notifying those potentially affected by the breach and offering them free credit-monitoring…

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