Mike Heuer of Courthouse News reports that a lawsuit has been filed in Santa Clara County Court against Does over the hack of Kazakhstan government emails. You can read more here. This appears to be the second suit the government has filed.
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Florida Department of State confirms data breach
Florida’s Department of State has now issued a press release about a breach first reported on this site yesterday. Here’s their statement: The Florida Division of Elections has learned of the inadvertent release of non-confidential voter information that occurred in March following the fulfillment of voter registration record extract requests. The Division of Elections has confirmed…
Former federal agents in Silk Road investigation charged with bitcoin money laundering and wire fraud
Two former federal agents have been charged with wire fraud, money laundering and related offenses for stealing digital currency during their investigation of the Silk Road, an underground black market that allowed users to conduct illegal transactions over the Internet. The charges are contained in a federal criminal complaint issued on March 25, 2015, in…
Florida Department of State exposes non-confidential voter information (updated)
Update: The Florida Department of State issued a statement on March 31 confirming the breach. That statement appears elsewhere on this site. Under the language of their statute, addresses are not considered “confidential” information, and the state has asked DataBreaches.net to make clear that this did not involve confidential information, as “confidential” is defined by…
Personal details of world leaders accidentally revealed by G20 organizers
And once again, a freedom of information request uncovers a breach. Paul Farrell reports: The personal details of world leaders at the last G20 summit were accidentally disclosed by the Australian immigration department, which did not consider it necessary to inform those world leaders of the privacy breach. The Guardian can reveal an employee of the agency…
UK: Serious Fraud Office fined after “astounding” data protection breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Serious Fraud Office £180,000 after a witness in a serious fraud, bribery and corruption investigation was mistakenly sent evidence relating to 64 other people involved in the case. The Serious Fraud Office’s investigation focused on allegations that senior executives at BAE Systems had received payments, including two properties worth…