Sometimes employees snoop in healthcare or government databases just out of curiosity. Other times, they snoop to obtain information to misuse. That misuse could involve financial fraud such as tax refund fraud, or it could involve tormenting your neighbor, according to a lawsuit in Santa Rosa, California. Paul Payne of the Press Democrat reported on a case…
Category: Government Sector
Anti-Israeli hackers target Louisiana’ Rapides Parish Police Jury, Bank websites
Waqas writes: The online hacktivist AnonGhost is on a hacking spree with targeting websites of top law enforcement agencies in the United States. A couple of days ago the hacktivists hacked the official website of Larimer County Sheriff’s Office not once but twice in a week. Today, the same group has hacked and defaced the official website of state of Louisiana’s Rapides Parish…
Briton arrested over hack into U.S. Department of Defense
Michael Holden reports: British detectives have arrested a man suspected of being part of a group which hacked into the U.S. Department of Defense last year, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday. The NCA said the 23-year-old, arrested in Sutton Coldfield in central England on Wednesday, is accused of taking part in the…
CT: Probation for Coast Guard Tech Who Stole Explicit Photos
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Ari Mason reports: A former Coast Guard computer technician has been sentenced to three years of probation for stealing personal information, including account names, passwords and sexually explicit photos and videos, from hundreds of computers brought to him for repair. Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck,…
AU: Immigration removals delayed pending assessment of data breach
Patrick Gunning of King & Wood Mallesons writes: The Immigration department’s well publicised 2014 data security breach continues to cause difficulties for the Department. In late January and mid February the courts have issued interlocutory injunctions preventing the removal from Australia of certain asylum seekers pending the outcome of administrative law challenges to decisions to refuse…
TX: “Bitcoin Baron” attacked City of San Marcos and San Marcos PD websites in retaliation for assault on student
Joshua Fechter reports: A hacker named “Bitcoin Baron” has claimed responsibility for cyberattacking the City of San Marcos and San Marcos Police Department websites in retaliation against a police officer who allegedly assaulted a Texas State University student in 2013. The websites were down as of Tuesday morning. Read more on MySA.com