From India’s Central Bureau of Investigation: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Under Secretary in Department of Disinvestment & Section Officer in Department of Economic Affairs both of Union Ministry of Finance and a Consultant / Chartered Accountant (private person) based at Mumbai in a case relating to alleged leakage and supply of…
Category: Government Sector
US hacking accused Lauri Love ‘had stolen government data’
BBC reports: A British man accused of hacking into US government software networks had a computer that appeared to have “stolen” information on it, a court heard. Lauri Love, 30, of Suffolk, who faces no charges in the UK, is seeking the return of machines seized by police. But, at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court,…
Jury rules in favor of Sonoma County employee in privacy case
This is a follow-up to a case noted previously on this blog. Paul Payne reports: Jurors on Thursday found a Santa Rosa man was not entitled to monetary damages from a neighbor he claimed used her position as a Sonoma County social worker to pry into his confidential files and embarrass him. The panel deliberated about a day…
For 3 months Hillary Clinton’s email access was unencrypted, vulnerable to spies
I’ve studiously avoided reporting on this when the purpose was solely political, but there is a security point to be made. Robert Hackett reports: Security firm Venafi has found that Clinton’s email server may have been open to foreign intelligence snoops when traveling abroad. On Tuesday, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her…
UK: Mass Surveillance: Intelligence Staff Sacked
Sky News reports: A number of British intelligence staff have been sacked for inappropriately accessing personal information, it has emerged. […] When asked by Sky News for further details about why intelligence staff were sacked, the committee’s spokeswoman MP Hazel Blears replied: “I think we say in the report that these incidents have been extremely rare….
GA: 9 headed to prison for $5 million income tax scheme
Alexis Stevens reports: Nine people from metro Atlanta, including a former Social Security Administration employee, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a $5 million income tax scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. The scheme involved stolen identities from more than 1,000 people, Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn said in an emailed…