Bill Gertz reports: A federal weather service employee charged with stealing sensitive infrastructure data from an Army Corps of Engineers database met a Chinese government official in Beijing, according to court documents that reveal the case to be part of an FBI probe of Chinese economic espionage. Xiafen “Sherry” Chen, an employee of the National Oceanic…
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UK: Security breaches over Christmas on police’s website
The Eastbourne Herald reports: Sussex Police is investigating security breaches of its external website over the Christmas period. Three breaches have been identified within a contained area of the website and could possibly be linked. Amaraghosha Carter, the joint head of IT for Surrey and Sussex police forces, said, “A full investigation is underway to…
NZ: More Corrections staff caught file-spying
Tom Hunt reports: They guard those who have got themselves into trouble – but nosey Department of Corrections staff aren’t too good at keeping out of it themselves. In a single year, 18 Corrections staff were caught snooping on offenders’ records, among 29 cases of staff being reprimanded for unacceptable use of work computers. Read…
GA: Resident charged with 116 counts of ID fraud
Ben Nelms reports: A Tyrone woman has been charged with 116 counts of financial identity fraud after selling the personal information of members of Georgia National Guard unit where she was employed. Tierney A. Walker, 22, of Village Green Circle, was charged with 116 counts of financial identity fraud, according to Fayette County Sheriff Barry…
Judge disciplined for use of position to breach privacy
Jason Pan reports: A New Taipei City District Court judge has been disciplined by the Judicial Yuan’s Judge Evaluation Committee (JEC) in a recent probe. The committee ruled that judge Lin Yen-peng (林晏鵬) had abused his position to infringe on someone’s privacy by conducting searches into confidential judiciary files, arising from traffic litigation case three…
Tallahassee Police Release Reporter’s Personal Info In Massive Records Request
Ashley Lopez reports: The Tallahassee Police Department recently released hundreds of police reports involving Florida State University athletes—as well as the personal information of the reporter who requested the records. On Christmas Eve, according to Poynter, the non-profit journalism education center, TPD publicly released ESPN reporter Paula Lavigne’s original request – which included her cell phone…