From the who-put-the-frying-pan-in-that-fire dept. Several weeks ago, DataBreaches.net received a complaint concerning a breach involving the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission in Maryland. It seems that a vendor’s 1099 tax statement had been sent to the wrong recipient. It was not a particularly unusual breach, but the 1099 had been sent as an unencrypted attachment to an email, so I read…
Category: Government Sector
@ChileanCrew Hacks, Leaks Details for 300,000 Chilean Citizens Looking for State Benefits
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A group of Chilean hacktivists that go by the name of Chilean Hackers have broken into the database of CONADI and stolen the personal details of 304,189 Chilean citizens looking for state benefits from the country’s government. Read more on Softpedia. I “get” that the hacktivists want Chile’s president to resign and they want…
Teenage Hackers Promise More Government Hacks After Alleged Leader’s Arrest
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Government officials might have let out a sigh of relief this week after the UK police arrested a teenager suspected of being behind the long series of hacks and pranks targeting US government agencies and high-level officials. But friends and associates of the arrested teenager claim this is not the end. “Just because they…
KY: Retired firemen address board after newsletter containing sensitive information circulates
Lana Bellamy reports: A group of firefighters are concerned about possible identity theft in light of the publication of sensitive personal information on Ashland Commissioner Kevin Gunderson’s electronic newsletter. Last month, Gunderson’s regular electronic newsletter “Kevin Mail” had documents attached containing the names, partial Social Security numbers and pension member identification numbers on invoices related…
NOT SO SECURUS: PART 2 Lawyers Speak Out About Massive Hack of Prisoners’ Phone Records
The Intercept follows up on its earlier report in which a hack of Securus revealed that 70 million phone calls had been recorded – many involving what should be privileged communications between attorneys and their clients. Jordan Smith and Micah Lee report: The Intercept’s analysis, to the contrary, estimated that the hacked data included at least…
GA: 911 dispatcher fired for sharing caller’s personal information on Facebook
Dan Kennedy reports: A Catoosa County 911 dispatcher was fired Friday morning for sharing on Facebook the private information of at least one person who called 911. Holly Dowis was terminated Friday following an internal investigation into her conduct while on the job. A Channel 3 investigation found Dowis sent a screenshot to Facebook friends…