Darragh McDonagh and Brian McDonald report: More than 100 data protection breaches involving sensitive personal information held by the Health Service Executive (HSE) occurred over the past year, internal documents indicate. Details of the incidents, which occurred between April 1st, 2014 and April 1st, 2015, have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. Read…
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Trial begins for Vancouver-based hacker who allegedly stole military secrets
Canadian Press reports: A defence lawyer for a Chinese man living in British Columbia and facing extradition to the United States for allegedly stealing American military secrets wants his client’s case postponed indefinitely. […] Su is charged with working alongside two Chinese military officers to steal restricted information from several military contractors, including Boeing and…
Second union sues government over OPM hack, alleging constitutional failures
Lisa Rein reports: A second prominent union representing federal employees is suing the government over the Chinese hack of employee data, underscoring the growing legal and political fallout from the breach. The National Treasury Employees Union announced Wednesday that it filed suit against the Office of Personnel Management in U.S. District Court, alleging that the agency violated union members’ constitutional rights by failing to protect…
MI: Sensitive documents stolen from Wexford County assessor’s cart
Allison Scott reports: The personal information of more than a dozen people in Cadillac are at risk after some Wexford County tax documents were stolen. Assessors had the files with them while they were going door-to-door taking measurements last month. That’s when they were taken. The director of the Wexford County Equalization Department said assessors have been…
UK: Address mistake causes data breach
James Illingworth reports: An investigation has been launched after a Wigan resident was sent confidential tax documents due to a civil service mix-up. Barron Roberts raised the alarm after receiving the bundle containing a dozen forms with personal information relating to borough households through the post this week. Read more on Wigan Today. The Department for…
UK: Home Office didn’t notify ICO about dozens of breaches last year
Alexander J. Martin reports that the Home Office had 33 data breaches during the last financial year, but did not report any of them to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The incidents were disclosed in the department’s annual report and accounts 2014-15 (PDF). There’s nothing illegal about the failure to notify the ICO, however. Martin reports: The number…