The Local reports: A Bundestag (German parliament) official on Friday confirmed media reports about a hacking attack on the institution. “There has been an attack on the IT systems of the Bundestag,” spokesman Ernst Habeker said in Berlin. Experts from the Bundestag administration and the Government Office for Information Technology Security (BSI) are working to…
Category: Government Sector
HealthCare.gov Contractor Optum Declares Its Job Done
Louise Radnofsky reports: The contractor tapped to rescue the flailing HealthCare.gov in the fall of 2013 declared its work finished Thursday and said it doesn’t plan to continue overseeing the website that sells subsidized insurance to millions of Americans as part of the federal health law. […] Many of the remaining technological challenges for the…
FL: Personal information, FBI report left in scrapped cop car
NBC2 reports: In less than ten minutes searching through Lee County scrap yards we found W2’s, bank statements, check books, Social Security numbers, date of birth and medical records. […] During our search we found numerous arrest reports and witness statements sitting in a retired Cape Coral Police squad car inside a scrap yard…. We found…
OIG identifies big HHS security shortfalls
Erin McCann reports: The IT infrastructure office at the Department of Health and Human Services has some serious security problems. This after the office received a less than satisfactory security report card from the Office of Inspector General this week. After reviewing the security controls at HHS’ Office of Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations, or…
Singapore: Govt’s IT networks beefed up after attack
Tham Yuen-c reports: A security breach of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) IT system last year was one of the more serious and advanced attacks against the Government’s IT networks. After it was detected, steps were taken immediately to isolate the affected devices, and security measures were implemented to strengthen the networks. Information and Communications…
Ca: Police notifying hundreds of people about potential privacy breach
Reid Southwick reports: Calgary police are attempting to notify up to 400 people that their privacy may have been breached after five service-issued notepads were stolen from an off-duty officer’s vehicle. […] Police made no mention of the stolen notebooks until Monday, more than five weeks after the initial theft. […] The stolen notebooks could contain…