Farzan Hussain writes: This weekend, Bryce Casavant who is a Canadian conservation officer was suspended from duty when he denied the orders to kill two black bear cubs after their mother was killed for repetitively raiding a freezer located at Port Hardy which was filled with salmon and meat. Now a series of emails has been released…
Category: Government Sector
In: ISRO arm Antrix’s website hacked?
FPJ reports: In a major security breach, Indian space agency ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix’s website has been defaced, possibly by the Chinese. Antrix markets the satellite launch services and other space data for global customers. Incidentally, on Friday ISRO had launched five British satellites. Antrix’s website was hacked a couple of days back and the…
Computer hack reveals identity of Syrians in contact with Israel
Elhanan Miller reports: Computer hackers likely working for the Syrian regime and Hezbollah have managed to penetrate the computers of Israeli and American activists working with the Syrian opposition, exposing sensitive contacts between the sides. Al-Akhbar, a newspaper serving as Hezbollah’s mouthpiece in Lebanon, published a series of articles over the weekend purporting to divulge…
AZ: Court audit shows limited security breach of files
Raquel Hendrickson reports: An independent review of sealed court files in Pinal County turned up a much lower number of incidents of unauthorized access than the Clerk of the Court alleged, but still showed a breach. A review team from the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) found 6 percent of 732 criminal cases may…
What Happened At OPM?
Add Adam Shostack’s post to your must-read list. Here’s a snippet: The National Journal published A Timeline of Government Data Breaches: I asked after the root cause, and Rich Bejtlich responded “The root cause is a focus on locking doors and windows while intruders are still in the house” with a pointer to his “Continuous Diagnostic Monitoring Does…
Katherine Archuleta, Director of Office of Personnel Management, Resigns
Julie Hirschfield Davis reports: Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, resigned under pressure on Friday, one day after the government revealed that two sweeping cyberintrusions at the agency had resulted in the theft of the personal information of more than 22 million people, including those who had applied for sensitive security…