This column by Cecilio Arillo has some interesting figures…. and concerns. IF no security contingency plan is yet in place, the country’s armed services (police and military) should immediately draw up one because the likelihood of an election failure is not far removed as a result of the massive hacking of the confidential biometric files…
Category: Government Sector
Data leak enough to impeach Comelec execs – lawyers
As bad as the Mexican voter database leak may seem, the hack and data dump affecting over 55 million Filipino voters is much worse, in my opinion. Not only was more sensitive information involved – including passport information and fingerprints – but the data were freely available to an untold number of parties who may…
Mexican government responds to data leak of voter information
Overnight, I received a response from the INE with answers to some questions I had posed to them about a massive database leak of Mexican voter data. The leak had been discovered by MacKeeper researcher Chris Vickery. Let’s begin with the government’s press release: INTERPONE INE DENUNCIA POR USO INDEBIDO DE LA LISTA NOMINAL DE…
Toronto firm files statement of claim against province seeking $75 million over data leak
Is Canada getting more litigious on data breach lawsuits? Has anyone compiled any stats over the past five years? Vito Pilieci reports: A Toronto law firm has filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as a placeholder for a possible $75 million class-action lawsuit against the province. The filing, which…
MoD contractor hacked, 831 members of defence community exposed
And in other less-than-great Ministry of Defence news, Alexander J. Martin reports: Up to 831 members of Britain’s defence community with high-level security clearances had their personally identifying information stolen when the Ministry of Defence’s business networking organisation was hacked, The Register has learned. Although heavily redacted in places, correspondence between the MoD and Niteworks—requested under the Freedom…
UK: MoD accidentally releases secret Nato military manual
Rob Edwards reports: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accidentally released a secret NATO report with codewords, ciphers, co-ordinates, radio frequencies and a host of other “special instructions” for huge war games under way around Scotland. An MoD official mistakenly circulated a manual for planned air operations during major military exercises involving more than a…