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Visas stolen in truck heist

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dissent

The Saudi Press Agency reports: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said Wednesday that a truck carrying visas was hijacked in Mexico and the visas stolen. According to a statement from the embassy, the theft occurred on June 7 “in northern Mexico.” Read more on SPA.

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Ca: Gov’t probing online leak of workers’ information

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dissent

CTV reports: The federal government is investigating whether any of its employees were affected after the personal information of some federal, provincial and municipal government workers was leaked online. Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada was the target of an attack, and some of the information in its databases was leaked online, the company’s developer…

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Doña Ana County, N.M., Voter Roll Breach Not Linked to Software Failures

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dissent

Diana Alba Soular  reports: A Doña Ana County, N.M., employee told county commissioners Tuesday that recent allegations of fraud within the County Clerk’s Office either didn’t stem from county computer security system breaches or there’s not enough information available to determine whether that was the case. Separately, the county clerk’s office said it’s taken new steps…

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Anonymous Claims It Leaked Passwords and Credit Card Info of Canadian Officials

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dissent

Motherboard reports: Members of Anonymous are claiming responsibility for leaking a trove of personal data that includes the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and partial credit card information of government employees. The information was dumped from an online database belonging to the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Society of Canada, and was posted online shortly before noon…

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IRS employees can use ‘password’ as a password? No wonder we get hacked

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dissent

Trevor Timm writes: The public is finally starting to learn what security experts have been warning for years: the US government has no idea what it’s doing when it comes to cybersecurity. Worse, the government’s main “solutions” may leave all our data even more vulnerable to privacy violations and security catastrophes. Read more on The Guardian.

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Ex-Newark cop pleads not guilty in alleged data theft scheme

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Dissent

Bill Wichert reports: A former Newark police officer pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he and a city police captain sold personal information they illegally obtained from a database used by law enforcement agencies. Dressed in a light-colored suit and walking with a cane, Dino D’Elia, 49, of Nutley, made his first court appearance since he…

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