WISN reports that Ozaukee County workers became victims of tax refund fraud after their W-2 and Form 1095 tax information was compromised in a hack of GreenShades‘ web site. The county employees use GreenShades for tax filing. Greenshades learned of the breach last month when it noticed some suspicious logins on February 14. As of last night, there were reportedly…
Category: Government Sector
IRS Suspends Insecure ‘Get IP PIN’ Feature
Brian Krebs reports: Citing ongoing security concerns, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has suspended a service offered via its Web site that allowed taxpayers to retrieve so-called IP Protection PINs (IP PINs), codes that the IRS has mailed to some 2.7 million taxpayers to help prevent those individuals from becoming victims of tax refund fraud two years in…
Finland probes ‘extensive’ data breach at Foreign Ministry
Kati Pohjanpalo and Kasper Viita report: Finland’s Security Police is investigating the infiltration of the Foreign Ministry’s data network by spies, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said. “The data breach was an extensive attempt to spy on an entire network,” Tuomioja told reporters here Thursday after broadcaster MTV3 reported the ministry’s network was the target of…
Daesh hackers threaten 55 New Jersey police officers by releasing home addresses, phone numbers and working locations
James Wilkinson reports: ISIS hackers have threatened 55 New Jersey police officers by releasing their names, addresses, telephone numbers and working locations online. The Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA), an ISIS-affiliated group of hackers that largely focuses on defacing websites and spreading propaganda, released an Excel spreadsheet containing the details of 55 New Jersey Transit Authority police…
Sensitive details of police operations posted on City of West Palm Beach’s site in redaction #FAIL
In researching a current story about Palm Beach County law enforcement personnel’s details being exposed/dumped, I stumbled across a breach from last year that hadn’t shown up in my usual news searches. So better late than never, here it is. On September 13, 2015, Jose Lambiet reported: For three long hours Friday morning, thousands of…
Weeks after their details were posted online, Miami-Dade police first notified of breach
On February 16, I linked to a story about Palm Beach law enforcement personnel and judges having their personal info posted online. Today, Lance Dixon reports that those whose details were exposed are only first being notified: Miami-Dade County is investigating a breach of privacy that has affected thousands of police officers and other county employees. The personal information…