Kevin Koile reports: A Natrona County Sheriff’s Deputy working at the Natrona County Detention Center, has admitted to releasing confidential information, while an investigation was underway. Brendon Littau was sentenced to serve 20 hours of community service, after he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of names not to be released or restrictions on disclosures…
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UK: TLT v SoS: How do you quantify damages for data breaches?
Cynthia O’Donoghue and Chantelle Taylor write: A recent High Court decision, TLT and others v Secretary of State for the Home Office [2016] EWHC 2217 (QB) (“TLT v SoS”), paves the way for the greater recognition of distress in cases of data breaches and the misuse of private information. The victims of a data breach, in this case asylum…
City of El Paso duped out of $3.3 million in phishing scam
Brenda De Anda-Swann reports: The City was “duped” and “robbed” of millions of dollars intended for the streetcar project, a source with knowledge of the investigation told ABC-7. During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, city officials revealed a person or group pretending to be a vendor scammed the city out of about $3 million by…
Personal health information taken from locked area: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (UPDATE 1)
Katherine Dow reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is set to release further details after personal health information was taken from a locked area earlier this month. The authority said those affected have been notified. This comes after the WRHA dealt with multiple security breaches in January. The first breach came on Jan. 14 when…
Centrelink apologizes for new privacy breach
From the oi-veh dept., Noel Towell reports: Centrelink has apologised to hundreds of users of the myGov web portal after their contact details were shared with hundreds of strangers – twice. The latest federal government data breach is being blamed on a rookie email error, someone at the giant Department of Human Services hitting the CC button on an email…
Duluth phishing attack may have exposed voters’ private data
Peter Passi reports: More than 55,000 Duluth residents will receive letters in the next few days informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email phishing expedition at city hall. The scam hit the Duluth city clerk’s office, where an email account was compromised….