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….
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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…
PA: Hundreds of court documents found scattered in Philadelphia
ABC reports: Documents with personal information, such as social security numbers and signatures, were found strewn all over the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia on Tuesday. We found them after responding to a viewer tip. Action News looked into where they documents came from, and on Wednesday the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court took responsibility. […]…
UK: Borough council admits data security breaches
Richard Rush reports: Contact details of members of the public who had put in Freedom of Information requests to Charnwood Borough Council were accidently leaked on to the internet in one of three data breaches by the authority during the past five years. Other documents accidently uploaded on to the borough council’s website were lists…