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Nearly two dozen arrested in wide-ranging drug raids, including in SF

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dissent

GFarma News reports: Nearly 20 people were arrested late last week in Drug Enforcement Agency task force raids across Northern California, including at two locations in San Francisco, in what federal authorities are calling a “broad ranging criminal conspiracy” to traffic methamphetamines, heroin and other drugs. […] The affidavit also alleges that Claudia Munoz, Escalante’s…

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County-USC patients’ personal information stolen in car break-in

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Abby Sewell reports: Files containing personal information on more than 700 patients treated at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center were stolen when an employee’s car was broken into, county health officials said Monday. The break-in occurred in July. The county Department of Health Services released a statement after trying to notify the affected patients by mail. The…

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Illinois, Arizona election officials report voter registration database intrusions

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Rick Pearson reports: Ilinois State Board of Elections officials said Monday they believe personal information from fewer than 200,000 voters was hacked through a cyber attack of possible foreign origin that began in June and was halted a month later. Ken Menzel, general counsel for the elections board, said no files of registered voters were…

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Sri Lankan President’s website defaced twice within two days

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dissent

From the-kids-are-trying-get-your-attention dept., ANI reports: Hackers tampered with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website ‘www.president.gov.lk’ on two consecutive days. The first attack occurred on Thursday evening, when hackers hijacked the site and posted a message in Sinhala, reports the Lanka Page. The message, which was posted under the name “The Sri Lankan Youth,” made…

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Hacker targets remote northern Alberta communities

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Dissent

Zoe Todd reports: A northern Alberta municipality is in emergency mode after a suspected computer hack. The Municipal District of the Opportunity No. 17 is concerned all its files were accessed, including personal and financial information, according to a public notice released by the municipality. Administrative staff say they first became aware of “suspicious activity” in July. Last Friday, the activity…

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AU: Foster care privacy breaches span more than a decade

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dissent

Beau Donelly reports: Victoria’s child-protection agency has been breaching the privacy of traumatised children and foster carers across the state for more than a decade and quietly paying them off or upgrading security at their homes if they find out about it. Fairfax Media last month exposed a series of major security breachesout of the Department…

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