Alessandra Malito reports: Potential security risk concerns over Finra’s highly-debated Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System proposal, or CARDS, are not simply hot air, cybersecurity and big data experts say. The initiative by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., which was recently put on hold for further evaluation amid negative feedback, was proposed as a means of…
Category: Government Sector
U.S. Senate panel raises privacy concerns in White House hacking incident
Peter Cooney reports: The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has written President Barack Obama over concerns that a recently reported data breach on the White House computer system might have compromised the personal information of many Americans. “Just like any entity that handles personally-identifiable information, the White House has a responsibility to notify Americans if the…
UK: Policeman wrongly accused of data protection breaches sues Police Scotland for £1m
Lauren Crooks reports that a constable who was charged in 2009 over allegations he had looked at police records while off-duty has now sued Police Scotland for defamation. He is also reportedly taking his employer to an employment tribunal: Constables Andrew Reid, 36, and former partner Amanda Daly, 34, were charged over claims they looked at…
Baltimore police data dumped
I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised to see data from the Baltimore Police Department dumped in response to what’s gone on there. Email addresses and IPs plus a bit more information was dumped today.
Macedonian prosecutor indicts opposition leader in wiretap scandal
Kole Casule reports: The Macedonian state prosecutor formally indicted the country’s top opposition politician late on Thursday over his role in a surveillance scandal that challenged the nine-year rule of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. For months Zoran Zaev, the leader of the opposition Social Democrats has been publishing wire-taps he says he received from a…
Breach notification letters create second breach for health co-op
I had been a bit critical in reporting on a recent breach involving the Oregon’s Health Co-Op, writing: In reading the substitute notice below, note that they do not say from where the laptop was stolen, nor how many were affected. And what kind of “commitment” to privacy is it to just password-protect a laptop…