Brian Bennett and W. J. Hennigan report: Foreign spy services, especially in China and Russia, are aggressively aggregating and cross-indexing hacked U.S. computer databases — including security clearance applications, airline records and medical insurance forms — to identify U.S. intelligence officers and agents, U.S. officials said. At least one clandestine network of American engineers and…
Category: Government Sector
Three Indian Army officers shared sensitive info on Facebook in exchange for sexually explicit chat
The Indian Express reports: The Military Intelligence (MI) investigations over leakage of sensitive military information over Facebook by some serving Army officers has zeroed in on three officers of the rank of Colonel, Major and Lieutenant. These officers have been found to be giving out locations of Army units in exchange for sexually explicit conversation…
Ravenhall prison guards’ personal data accessed during remand centre riots
Australian Associated Press reported this last month, but I missed it: Prisoners accessed the personal information of prison guards during riots in Melbourne’s Metropolitan Remand Centre, Corrections Victoria has confirmed. The prisoners gained access to the personal documents of a small number of officers, who have been informed of the breach. Read more on The Guardian. via…
MA: Records request yields heavily redacted letter sent to state Attorney General in wake of Amherst website data disclosure
An update to a previously noted breach. Scott Merzbach reports: A public records request by the Daily Hampshire Gazette seeking more information about the disclosure of residents’ personal information through the Amherst municipal website yielded a heavily redacted letter that collector and treasurer Claire McGinnis sent to state Attorney General Maura Healey, notifying her office…
PA: Two York County Court clerks leak police information to suspects
Taniel Orr reports: Two employees in a York District Judge’s office have been let go after officials say they gave out sensitive information, which included a police officer’s work schedule, to suspects. According to charging documents, Solmaria Martinez-Arce, 31, also known as “Beba,” and Brittany Koons, 29, both of York, were desk clerks in Magistrate…
Pentagon unveils new rules requiring contractors to disclose data breaches
Aliya Sternstein reports: New sweeping defense contractor rules on hack notifications take effect today, adding to a flurry of Pentagon IT security policies issued in recent years. Just this month, the Office of Management and Budget proposed guidelines to homogenize the way vendors secure data governmentwide. The Defense Department had already released three other policies that dictate how military vendors…