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Ca: Cops called, but no charges in Service NL privacy breach

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dissent

Rob Antle reports: Service NL Minister Dan Crummell won’t say whether an employee who inappropriately accessed the personal information of 28 people at the Motor Registration Division in Mount Pearl is now back on the job. “The only thing I can tell you is this — that person has been disciplined,” Crummell said. Read more…

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Swedish city seeks half a million kroner in damages after teenager hacks system

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

IT Governance reports: In 2013, Erik Sundqvist, then 16, hacked into Umeå Municipality’s IT system and gained access to a database containing more than 600 passwords. He was found guilty, but escaped a jail sentence because of his age – instead, he was sentenced to 35 hours’ community service. Now the municipality is seeking half…

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MD: IT specialist who hacked state databases sentenced

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on PHIprivacy.net. AP reports:  A Frederick man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for stealing personal information of more than 11,000 intellectually and developmentally disabled people. Alexander Afonso, an  information technology specialist, pleaded guilty to using another employee’s computer credentials to obtain the victims’ Social Security numbers and medical…

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Russian hacker claims responsibility for taking down Maine, N.H. websites

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

Steve Mistler reports: A purported Russian hacker is claiming responsibility for an attack that disabled Maine.gov, the central portal to the websites for Maine state offices. The hacker, dubbed Vikingdom2015, boasted of the attack via Twitter. In addition to Maine state websites, the group also claimed responsibility for disabling New Hampshire state websites as well….

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UK: Urgent investigation into breach of benefit claimants’ data

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

Tom Potter reports a breach involving Colchester Borough Council: An urgent probe has been launched into how the personal details of benefit claimants were disclosed to some Colchester householders. The borough council is investigating the breach of personal data during the delivery of housing benefit notification letters to residents last week. […] The council said…

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In: Decoder of secret information stolen, security agencies panic

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

From the where-is-Captain-Midnight-when-you-need-him dept.: Theft of an electronic instrument worth around Rs 3 lakh [$4816.53 – Dissent] from the building of Dang district superintendent of police, Ahwa, has created panic among top national security agencies. Sources in police claim that the stolen device is a decoder of encrypted secret code language used by intelligence agencies to…

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