Robert T. Garrett reports: The state registrar of vital statistics and her top deputy have been fired for not disclosing several years ago that their office lost a book containing records of 500 Texas births in early 1993. The missing book — one of about 800 volumes of birth records that state workers assemble each year…
Category: Government Sector
Four years later, case still open in SC Dept. of Revenue data breach
Tim Smith reports: Four years after South Carolina’s tax agency suffered the worst data breach in state history, 5 million attempts are made each week to gain unauthorized access to state government computers, which hold vast amounts of personal data belonging to taxpayers, employees and members of the public. […] Four years later, the…
UK: Domestic abuse privacy breach: Greater Manchester Police pays victim
BBC reports: A domestic abuse victim has received £75,000 from a police force after it revealed details of her treatment by a former boyfriend without her consent. The unnamed woman had agreed Greater Manchester Police (GMP) could refer to her experience in a training session providing she remained anonymous. However, she later learned her identity…
NL: Personal data of 3700 Ede residents leaked through municipal site
Janene Pieters reports: The personal information of about 3,700 Ede residents were accessed by unauthorized persons due to a security vulnerability on the municipal site, a spokesperson for the municipality confirmed to NU.nl. The unauthorized persons had access to a database that is linked to a contact form. Residents could submit a question or asked to be…
TN: 1,800 possibly affected by Anderson County government computer breach
WATE reports: Anderson County government officials and the sheriff’s office are investigating a possible computer security breach. County Law Director Jay Yeager sent a memo to all elected officials, school system employees, school board members, veterans service members and county contractors that there had been a “potential system-wide breach” of the main courthouse server. Yeager…
Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme Involving IRS “Get Transcript” Database
And here’s a follow-up to another case involving stolen identity tax refund fraud: A Houston, Texas, man was sentenced to more than two years in prison Monday for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division…