Almost one month after confidential records of thousands of south Florida law enforcement officials and judges was hacked and dumped online, some of the hacked databases are still not secured, the individual who claims to have hacked them tells DataBreaches.net. Updated March 14: Dougan informs DataBreaches.net that the FBI just raided his house. More on this…
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Ofcom tackles mass data breach of TV company information
Mark Sweney reports: Ofcom is facing up to the biggest data breach in its history after a former employee offered a hoard of potentially sensitive information on TV companies to his new employer, a major broadcaster. The media regulator has sent out letters to dozens of TV companies that hold an Ofcom licence to broadcast in…
NV: Clark County Water Reclamation District computer system hacked
Bethany Barnes reports: The FBI has been asked to investigate a cyber attack on a Clark County agency’s computer system, the Review-Journal has learned. Multiple sources told the Review-Journal that the Clark County Water Reclamation District’s computer system was breached and that the hackers demanded a ransom. Read more on Las Vegas Review-Journal. A spokesperson…
Snooping Merseyside Police sergeant to face misconduct hearing
Luke Traynor reports: A police sergeant was caught snooping on the force computers over an eight-year period and could now be sacked. John Sabatina was convicted of accessing information he was not entitled to view while working for Merseyside Police. The 49-year-old was found guilty of an offence under the Computer Misuse Act and Data Protection Act…
WI: Hackers compromise Ozaukee Co. workers’ tax info
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…
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…