The Indo-Asian News Service reports: The Delhi Police has arrested two more persons, including a former Army officer, in its ongoing investigation in the pan-India call snooping racket case, officials confirmed today. The former army officer, Captain DK Giri along with another person was arrested a week ago. Police said there were allegedly involved…
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AU: Child services breaches foster kids’ privacy at least 58 times: report
Beau Donelly reports: A car was doused in petrol in one of six “significant” cases where children or carers were put in danger as a direct result of the leak-plagued child protection department’s own breaches, a review has uncovered. The state government has put vulnerable children and foster carers “at direct risk of harm” at least 58 times in the…
MA: SSNs, addresses inadvertently posted on Walpole Police Dept.’s website
WFXT reports: Social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and other personal information was accidentally posted on Walpole Police Department‘s website. The personal information was part of last week’s dispatch log. The dispatch log contains a record of all incidents officer responded to, and that includes all of the personal information that is redacted from the press…
New York State Psychiatric Institute notifies 21,880 research participants of hack
The New York State Psychiatric Institute, a facility owned and operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health, has reported the following incident to HHS as impacting 21,880 research participants: On June 17, 2016, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) learned that, between April 28 and May 4, certain parts of our system were accessed…
Nearly two dozen arrested in wide-ranging drug raids, including in SF
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…
County-USC patients’ personal information stolen in car break-in
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…