Howard Altman reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that there are no signs of a data breach caused by the theft of five laptop computers from U.S. Central Command sometime in April 2013. “There is no indication of a data breach at this point,” said spokesman William Daniels. “As cases proceed, we always remain open…
Category: Government Sector
IL: Midlothian cops pay ransom to retrieve data from hacker
Gregory Pratt reports: A south suburban police department paid a $500 ransom to an unidentified hacker to regain access to data from a police computer the hacker managed to disable, records show. Midlothian in January was hit with a form of computer virus called Cryptoware, said Calvin Harden Jr., an IT vendor who works with…
Ca: Cyberattack at NRC occurred weeks before alert sent out
Susan Lunn reports: The federal government was aware a hacker had stolen secret information from the National Research Council last summer for at least three weeks before it notified stakeholders, employees and the public. That warning went out on July 29, 2014, a day after news of the hacking incident first broke in the news media….
Ca: Service NL says employee inappropriately accessed records
CBC News reports: Service NL announced Friday it is investigating an inappropriate access of personal information by an employee with the department. In January, Motor Registration Division was alerted that an individual’s personal information may have been inappropriately accessed by an employee. Service NL later determined that an employee of the department had accessed the individual’s…
Three Months Later, State Department Hasn’t Rooted Out Hackers
Danny Yadron reports: Three months after the State Department confirmed hackers breached its unclassified email system, the government still hasn’t been able to evict them from the department’s network, according to three people familiar with the investigation. Government officials, assisted by outside contractors and the National Security Agency, have repeatedly scanned the network and taken…
“I am not the cop you think I am. I am a piece of s***.” – Former NYPD officer engaged in ID theft
EmpireStateNews.net reports: A former officer with the New York City Police Department was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. John Montanez, 28, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in August 2014 to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity…