There’s an update on a case first noted on this blog in 2013. The Chicago Tribune reports: Former Elgin deputy police chief Robert Beeter pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of hacking into the email account of a fellow officer whose wife was romantically involved with Beeter. In a plea bargain with Kane County prosecutors,…
Category: Government Sector
German spooks target officials who leaked govt docs to bloggers
Jennifer Baker reports: Germany’s domestic secret service is backing a criminal case against government officials who passed documents to the press. Activists claim the investigation is an effort to clamp down on the freedom of the press, while others see it as a cynical move by interior spooks the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution…
UK public bodies leaked confidential information 150+ times
Jon Martindale writes: … public bodies including the NHS, government departments, police and local councils, have leaked data unsuspectingly over 150 times in the past six years. These statistics were dug up by WhatDoTheyKnow.com, an organisation which helps people make requests of local government and other bodies to find out what information they hold on individuals. Through…
UK: ICO announces two undertakings following theft of sensitive personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced two undertakings today. The first, involving Western Health & Social Care Trust follows two incidents. One incident concerned the theft of two computers from Trust premises during a burglary on October 8, 2013. The computer contained sensitive personal data relating to the provision of specialist mental health services by a retired employee. Although investigation determined…
AZ: Sealed records accessed in court
Brian Wright reports: A report from the Administrative Office of the Courts found more than 40 ongoing criminal cases involved possible unauthorized access to sealed documents by the Pinal County Attorney’s Office. From the moment Amanda Stanford took office in January as clerk of the Superior Court in Pinal County, she drew attention to the…
Dutch photojournalist convicted; misused leaked login credentials and shared the info on WhatsApp
Janene Van Jaarsveldt reports: A 22 year old freelance 112 photo journalist from Drunen has been found guilty of computer intrusion after he found login details of a secure system online, used it to log in to the system and then spread the information. The court in Oost-Brabant sentenced him to 80 hours of community…