Ian McPhedran reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has played down the extent of privacy breaches under departmental document leaks. However the scandal has deepened with more than a dozen veterans and advocates coming forward with examples of serious breaches since News Corp Australia last week revealed that personal documents including medical reports and compensation…
Category: Government Sector
Nearly 50 Pak websites hacked in reply to hacking of Kerala govt website
Jisha Surya reports: On Sunday, state woke up to the news that the official website of Kerala government – www.kerala.gov.in – was hacked allegedly by Pakistani hackers. The website had an image of burning Indian flag and messages such as Pakistan Zindabad”, “We are Team Pak Cyber Attacker” and “Security is just an illusion”. But…
Ringleader of $24 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Ring Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
There’s another follow-up to a case previously reported on PHIprivacy.net and more recently, on this site (here and here). A resident of Newnan, Georgia, was sentenced Friday to prison for her role as the ringleader of a $24 million stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of…
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions looking into potential information leak
Stephanie Claytor reports: The Department of Workforce Solutions is conducting an agency-wide internal investigation, looking into whether confidential information was leaked. The department launched the investigation at the end of August. Cabinet Secretary Celina Bussey confirms Buddy Tobyas voluntarily resigned last week in the midst of the investigation. Bussey said Tobyas was the operations manager…
Security Breaches Expose Private Information of Military Families
Scott MacFarlane reports: A pair of security breaches has compromised the private information of some U.S. Army families, according to a report by the News-4 I-Team in Washington, D.C. The families’ medical histories, social security numbers, home addresses and child daycare information were made vulnerable. Unauthorized people or contractors have viewed the private information of…
DoD Issues Guidance on Privacy Breach Notices
From the Federal Manager’s Daily Report: The Pentagon has issued guidance to DoD components on considerations for making public announcements regarding breaches of private information, an issue that has been much in the mind of the federal workforce in recent months following disclosure of two major cyber hacks of personally identifiable information, or PII, held…