Elaine Edwards reports: Three investigations are being carried out into suspected privacy breaches involving Department of Social Protection officials, the department has confirmed. A private investigator, James Cowley (65), was convicted on Monday of illegally obtaining and then disclosing to a bank and insurance firms personal details he had obtained from a department official. Read more on…
Category: Government Sector
Karnataka Police website hacked
Express News Service reports: The official website of the Karnataka State Police (www.ksp.gov.in) was hacked Friday morning by a miscreant, who operated under the pseudonym of Faisal 1337 from Team Pak Cyber Attackers. The website was restored shortly afterwards. Read more on the Indian Express.
AU: Teenage Adelaide computer hacker, already facing 10 years’ jail, now a suspect in other crimes, court told
Sean Fewster reports: An Adelaide teenager already facing a maximum 10-year jail term for hacking three secure websites is now a suspect in other acts of cybercrime, a court has heard. The case against the boy, 15, of Woodcroft, was expected to resolve by way of plea bargain in the Christies Beach Youth Court on…
MA: Saugus employees’ personal information released during discovery phase of Rivers lawsuit against town
Jeannette Hinkle reports: When attorney Elayne Alanis requested documents relating to the employment of Saugus’ former Information Technology Network Administrator James Rivers, she wasn’t expecting 48,960 pages. More upsetting than the overwhelming volume of documents, Alanis said, was the inclusion of 1,200 town employees’ Social Security numbers, tax documents and personal banking information. Read more…
UK: ICO issues £150,000 monetary penalty to Dyfed-Powys Police over data protection breach
It’s one of those “small breaches, big potential harm situations.” The Dyfed-Powys Police force has been fined£150,000 after an email containing information that could be used to identify eight sex offenders was sent to a member of the public in error. The monetary penalty notice explains that the community member’s email address (an external email) was…
Washington marijuana applicants’ personal info subject to data breach
Ben Livingston reports: The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is working to notify marijuana license applicants whose personal information was accidentally distributed by the agency in response to a public records request. The data may include social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, tax information and attorney-client privileged information. The LCB had redacted…