WCPO reports: The hacker group “Anonymous” announced it is taking aim at the Cincinnati Police Department in a video posted on YouTube Sunday. In the video, a masked man at a podium threatens to release the personal information of Cincinnati police officers involved in the shooting of Paul Gaston last week. Read more on WCPO. Update: Anon Verdict…
Category: Government Sector
WI: Vilas County jail inmates had personal info disclosed online
Jamie Taylor reports: About 85 inmates at the Vilas County Jail on Jan. 14 inadvertently had their social security numbers and other personal information posted online for about four hours. According to Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath, the information was posted when a new corrections employee posted the wrong computerized report. Read more on Lakeland…
UK: Moray policeman in court accused using work computers to snoop on future wife
Ben Hendry reports: A police officer has been accused of breaching data protection laws by using work computers to snoop on dozens of people – including his future wife. Constable Crawford Reay will face a string of charges when he goes on trial next month. The 47-year-old is alleged to have committed the offences at…
Blogger Exposes Personal Data Protection Flaw on Macedonia’s Election Commission Website
Filip Stojanovski reports: Ensuring that the next elections are free and fair is crucial to the return of democracy and stability in Macedonia. A young female blogger contributed to this process by discovering a flaw related to the government’s voters’ registry web app. […] On the morning of February 10, [Kalina] Zografska published a blog post…
Ca: Fraction of those affected by breach identified
Joel Wittnebel has a follow-up on a breach involving the City of Oshawa: Despite extensive efforts, only four of the 18 individuals affected by a December 2015 privacy breach in the city’s printing services department have been identified. On Dec, 1 it was discovered that a series of pre-authorized tax payment (PAP) notices had been double-stuffed…
Five Mounties sue RCMP in alleged medical privacy breach
There’s an update to a workplace medical privacy breach involving members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). I’ve been following the case on this blog since July, 2013. In December 2014, the privacy commissioner found that the RCMP had violated the employees’ privacy by turning over their records to a psychologist. In October 2015, there was a…