Amelia Dickson reports: A Thurston County judge has set bail at $10,000 for Nicholas W. Perring, an Olympia man suspected of stealing hard drives containing names and Social Security numbers from a federal office. […] According to court documents, Perring is suspected of breaking into four offices, all at 701 Capitol Way S., on two…
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Thailand: Sensitive info about tourists revealed in 2nd online data leak
Asian Correspondent reports: Another data leak involving foreigners in Thailand has apparently been uncovered barely a week after sensitive personal information of foreigners living in the country’s southern provinces was revealed to have been to be hidden in plain sight. This time the details of the foreign travelers, including their most recent vaccine shots, real names, nationalities, passport…
IRS Needs to Further Improve Controls over Financial and Taxpayer Data: GAO
The highlights of a new GAO report on the IRS: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made progress in implementing information security controls; however, weaknesses in the controls limited their effectiveness in protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial and sensitive taxpayer data. During fiscal year 2015, IRS continued to devote attention to securing its…
TX: Alto city office battles ransomware issue
Ransomware continues to hit smaller entities and not just big hospital systems. Jo Anne Embleton reports: Being struck by a software virus is every computer user’s worst fear, including Alto city officials, who are now having to deal with the aftermath of a ransomware virus. Earlier this month, the city utilities office was hit by…
Ca: UBC release of uncensored personal information an ‘honest mistake’: report
Gemma Karstens-Smith of CBC News reports: The release of uncensored details about the departure of a former University of British Columbia president was an honest mistake, says a new report. Former B.C. information and privacy commissioner David Loukidelis reviewed the university’s conduct and policies after hidden attachments containing uncensored personal details about Arvind Gupta’s abrupt…
PH: Voter database leaked by hackers (updated)
Rappler reports: Shortly after Anonymous PH defaced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website, another group accessed the data of the poll body’s website, posting it publicly online. In a Facebook post before midnight Monday, March 28, a group calling itself LulzSec Pilipinas wrote, “A great lol to Commission on Elections, here’s your whoooooole database.” This appears…