On July 28, CNN reported: The unclassified email network used by Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and hundreds of military and civilian personnel was taken offline over the weekend after suspicious activity was detected, the Pentagon confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. Yesterday, The Daily Beast reported that the attack was much…
Category: Government Sector
Ca: Electronic devices containing bureaucrats’ personal information stolen from government office
It’s probably diagnostic that I still get excited when I see a report that data on stolen devices were encrypted. Michael Woods reports: Someone broke in to a government building earlier this year and made off with electronic devices containing the personal information of 260 government workers, newly released documents show – a privacy breach…
The Federal Government Expects to Spend $500M on Post-Hack Benefits by 2020
Eric Katz reports: The federal government spelled out in a request for submissions from contractors how it plans to respond to future hacks of personnel data, a tacit acknowledgment no amount of system security bolstering can effectively prevent breaches from happening altogether. The General Services Administration on Tuesday evening put forth a request for quotes on a blanket…
FL: DCF employee, husband stole identities to get public assistance
David Ovalle reports: As an employee of Florida’s Department of Children & Families, Clara Builes was in charge of approving applications for public-assistance benefits for the poor. But Miami-Dade prosecutors say that for nearly four years, she used her position to help steal the the identities of several unsuspecting people, getting fraudulent benefit cards used…
ZA: Investigations underway into stolen UK visa applications
Gia Nicolaides reports: JOHANNESBURG – The British High Commission has released a statement saying it’s doing everything it can to assist people who lost their UK visa applications and supporting documents, following a hijacking in Johannesburg. Eyewitness News (EWN) has learnt that scores of South Africans applying for visas either for business, pleasure or permanent relocation, lost all their personal…
AU: A junior Defence staffer allegedly took home an intelligence report and posted it online
Christopher Knaus and Michael Inman report: An Australian spy agency says it has no way of knowing who has obtained a “highly sensitive” report meant for our top allies after it was allegedly leaked by a junior defence bureaucrat on an online forum. In an embarrassing security breach, a 21-year-old Department of Defence graduate allegedly managed to download a secret…