Wow. The August, 2015 report by the Veterans Administration to Congress is probably the best I’ve ever seen from them. Although they reported some incidents involving accidental disclosure from mis-mailings, etc., I don’t see even one incident affecting multiple individuals. Well done, VA!
Category: Government Sector
Kremlin Website Hit By ‘Powerful’ Hack During Elections
RFERL reports: Hackers made a “very powerful” attack on the Kremlin website on September 13, the Russian government said on September 14. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov linked the attack to regional elections in Russia over the weekend in which the opposition sought to challenge government-allied politicians in Kostroma Oblast, the one region it was allowed…
Former Tampa PD employee indicted on fraud charges, misuse of police database
Elaine Silvestrini reports that Tonia Bright, a former Tampa Police civilian employee, has been indicted on charges that involve her misusing police databases to support a fraud scheme. Bright had retired last year. A search warrant affidavit filed last month said detectives were told that Bright’s friend, Rita Girven, drove around Tampa looking for older…
NZ: Police file leak ‘could put lives at risk’
Radio New Zealand reports: Police say that sensitive, secret files have been mistakenly sent to a defence lawyer and have been widely circulated. A criminal lawyer who has seen the files said they contained details about informants, criminal activity and police surveillance that could put people at risk. The mistake occurred when a standard criminal…
DoD Issues Interim Rule For Contractors on Incident Reporting and Cloud Computing Services
Joe Lazzarotti writes: Government contractors have a wide range of unique challenges (find out more about these here), not the least of which is data security. A good example is the interim rule the Department of Defense (DoD) issued last month that implements sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2013 and…
Records: Energy Department struck repeatedly – and successfully – by cyber attacks
Steve Reilly reports: Cyber attackers successfully compromised the security of U.S. Department of Energy computer systems more than 150 times between 2010 and 2014, according to a review of federal records obtained by USA TODAY. Incident reports submitted by federal officials and contractors since late 2010 to the Energy Department’s Joint Cybersecurity Coordination Center shows a near-consistent…