Eric Hartley reports: A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected, officials said this week. The city said no personal or sensitive information was compromised, with the hacker only being able to see the raw versions of public data that are…
Category: Government Sector
3 sentenced in ID theft/tax refund scheme started in Manatee County jail
The Bradenton Herald reports: A former parole worker at Manatee County jail and two other people have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to commit stolen identity refund fraud in Manatee between 2012-13. According to court documents, Marcus Lowe, 32, of Tampa worked for Manatee County Parole Services Division at…
NI: Security breach gives access to unknown number of people’s CVs
Northern Ireland’s Department of Employment and Learning is “urgently” investigating how users of a careers resource centre in Belfast were able to view, download and print other’s CVs. A security breach at the centre, which helps people write CVs and find employment, was uncovered by a jobseeker who found she was able to access several…
‘ISIS leak HACKER’S GUIDE to hundreds of British and US military personnel’
Nick Gutteridge reports: Social media users claiming to be members of the extremist group say they have hacked computers belonging to the American military and harvested details including photographs, addresses and even credit card information of army, navy and state department figures. Most of the shocking release relates to American military and diplomatic personnel, however…
China has been reading emails of top U.S. govt officials since 2010
Robert Windrem reports: China’s cyber spies have accessed the private emails of “many” top Obama administration officials, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official and a top secret document obtained by NBC News, and have been doing so since at least April 2010. The email grab — first codenamed “Dancing Panda” by U.S. officials, and then…
UK: Councils losing personal data four times a day: Tens of thousands affected by leaks of confidential information including medical records (updated)
Ian Drury reports on the results of a FOIA investigation by Big Brother Watch: Bungling councils have lost or wrongly shared the sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of people, a damning report reveals today. Officials breach data rules at least four times a day, often involving the confidential details – including medical records…