RadarOnline reports: Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming to be a computer specialist has come forward with the stunning news that 32,000 emails from Hillary Clinton‘s private email account are up for sale. The price tag — a whopping $500,000! Promising to give the trove of the former Secretary of…
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UK: HM Revenue & Customs breaches job applicants’ privacy in mass email spaff
Kat Hall reports: HMRC is spewing job applicants’ email addresses to potential rivals in mass circular responses it has blamed on “a technical glitch”. A reader got in touch to report their email address had been circulated to all other applicants in three instances. In an email seen by The Reg, the reader’s address was included…
Florida Man Sentenced in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
A Miami Gardens resident was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $64,557 for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving personal identification information taken from the State of Florida Department of Children and Families…
Former Cambridgeshire detective sentenced for theft and Data Protection Act breach
The Peterborough Telegraph reports that a former Cambridgeshire police officer has been sentenced after pleading guilty to theft and computer misuse. Matt Bailey, 50, who retired earlier this year, was given a 16-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, at Lincoln Crown Court today (September 2). Bailey, formerly a detective constable based at Ely Police Station,…
Meanwhile, back at the OPM breach….
Victims of the breach still have not been notified. OPM will start sending postal laters “later this month.” The government will spend $133 million on identity theft protection services. With options, it could go up to $330 million. ID Experts (Identity Theft Guard Solutions LLC) got the gig to provide the service, which will provide…
IRS Workers Busted for ID Theft, Filing Bogus Returns
Ken Berry, J.D. writes: Who can you trust with sensitive personal information like your Social Security number (SSN) and tax return data? Evidently, not even the people who used to work at the IRS. In a new case, a former IRS employee was sentenced on August 26 to two years in prison in connection with…