I know Clinton’s use of a private server has become a political issue, but it’s still also an infosec issue for our government. Jack Gillum and Stephen Braun of AP provide the latest revelations: Clinton’s server, which handled her personal and State Department correspondence, appeared to allow users to connect openly over the Internet to control it remotely, according…
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UK: Derby City Council publishes information on 700 school posts amid pay review saga
John Dickens reports: Details that could reveal the salaries of hundreds of school staff caught up in a controversial equal pay review have been published online, leading to concerns over a data protection breach. Derby City Council has published information on more than 700 school posts on its website, leading to claims the disclosure makes it possible…
Border Agency officer pleads guilty to data breaches
ITV reports: A 50-year-old Guernsey Border Agency officer has pleaded guilty to data protection law offences. Appearing before magistrates, Matthew Walsh admitted four charges, two of intent to secure unauthorised access to data on a government computer and two charges of disclosing personal data without consent. He was granted unconditional bail and is due to…
UK: Council investigating claims of data protection ‘breach’ over ‘eligible’ pupils at UTC
Warrington Guardian reports: Council chiefs are carrying out a thorough investigation into claims the authority has ‘breached’ data protection by releasing the information of potential pupils at University Technical College (UTC) Warrington. It is believed that the review into the matter concerns the council assisting a marketing agency by providing details of ‘eligible’ youngsters. The…
Email error results in data breach notification from Vacaville Housing Authority
So it seems the Vacaville Housing Authority had a data breach on August 24th due to an employee attaching a file with Social Security numbers to an email that was sent to the wrong party. Thankfully, the recipient notified the VHA and deleted the errant email. VHA is offering credit protection to those notified. And if you want to…
Clinton e-mails were vulnerable to hackers, tech firm warned
Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman report: A technology subcontractor that has worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail setup expressed concerns over the summer that the system was inadequately protected and vulnerable to hackers, a company official said Wednesday. But the concerns were rebuffed by the company managing the Clinton account, Platte River Networks, which…