From Bloomberg News: Personal information on dozens of Chinese Communist Party officials and captains of industry from Jack Ma to Wang Jianlin may have been exposed on Twitter in one of the country’s biggest online leaks of sensitive information. Posts on Twitter from an account under the name “shenfenzheng” — which has since been frozen…
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Suspended sentence for leaking sensitive Nama documents
Irish Times reports: A former official with the National Asset Management Agency who leaked potentially sensitive information has been given a two year suspended sentence. Enda Farrell (40) sent confidential information about the Nama valuation of hundreds of properties to named individuals in the investment companies QED Equity Ltd and Canaccord Genuity. Read more on Irish Times.
UK: Drumchapel social worker’s laptop and notebook with confidential information found left in the street
Tristan Stewart-Robertson reports that a Drumchapel Social Work staff member’s bag with a laptop and notebook with confidential information about child clients and their families was found in the street by a member of the public on April 22. This includes full names, dates, medical issues and even criminal histories of children and families in…
YahooMail Is So Bad That Congress Banned It (UPDATED)
William Turton reports: Earlier today, reports surfaced about an email sent to House of Representatives staffers about ransomware. Gizmodo has obtained the email in full. According to the email sent in late April by the House’s Technology Service Desk, there has been an increase in ransomware attacks sent through Gmail, YahooMail, and other public email services. Ransomware…
FL: Former Tampa police employee gets 2 years for ID theft, fraud
WFTV reports an update to a case I’ve covered previously on this blog. Tonia Bright, a former Tampa Police Department civilian employee, was indicted last September for her role in a fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Bright misused her access to local, state, and federal law enforcement databases, including the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)…
Personal information displayed to others on NY’s health exchange website
Kimberly Howard reports: The New York State Department of Health is responding to an issue with the state’s health exchange website that allowed users to see the private information of other people. One user, who did not want to speak on camera, sent CBS6 a screen grab of what he says he saw when he…