There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Talashia Hinton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using information stolen from state of Alabama databases maintained by the state of Alabama to file false tax returns and steal millions from the government. The indictment contends that Hinton worked with co-conspirators to file…
Category: Government Sector
Former U.S. Government Employee Charged in Computer Hacking and Cyber Stalking Scheme
A former locally-employed staff member of the U.S. Embassy in London was charged with engaging in a hacking and cyberstalking scheme in which, using stolen passwords, he obtained sexually explicit photographs and other personal information from victims’ email and social media accounts, and threatened to share the photographs and personal information unless the victims ceded…
FBI website hacker Charlton Floate, 19, facing jail for cyber attacks
Ross McCarthy reports: A teenage hacker who brought down FBI and Home Office websites from his family home in Solihull has been warned he faces jail. Charlton Floate, 19, used his internet expertise to target the US and British government sites, causing them to crash. The teenager, of Starbold Crescent, Knowle, previously admitted three charges under the Computer Misuse…
Hillary’s email firm was run from a loft apartment with its servers in the BATHROOM
Hugo Daniel reports: The IT company Hilary Clinton chose to maintain her private email account was run from a loft apartment and its servers were housed in the bathroom closet, Daily Mail Online can reveal. Daily Mail Online tracked down ex-employees of Platte River Networks in Denver, Colorado, who revealed the outfit’s strong links to the Democratic…
Town of Saugerties: Information Technology Audit by NYS Comptroller’s Office Reveals Serious Problems
From the audit report, some background first: The Town contracts for IT services with an independent contractor. The contractor’s duties include performing all significant maintenance and hardware installations, and providing technical support and expert advice on the upgrade of the entire IT environment. The Town uses computerized applications to perform essential tasks including processing financial…
Update on IRS breach affecting Katy ISD employees
Several weeks ago, Katy ISD in Texas started notifying 11,658 current and former employees that their SSN and personal information were on a flash drive that was lost by an IRS employee during an audit. Today, Landan Kuhlmann reports that the district enrolled all the affected employees in a credit-monitoring program provided by iLock360 for…