Molly Young reports that a hack of the state’s Employment Department WorkSource Oregon Management Information System may impact 1.3 million Oregonians: The embattled Oregon Employment Department found itself back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons Friday, after news surfaced of a security breach that may have affected as many as 1.3 million Oregonians. The breach, on…
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Hackers cut deal to work for Cambodian gov’t
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea reported this on October 1: Two members of “hacktivist” group Anonymous Cambodia convicted of computer hacking yesterday will be spared further jail time. Instead, they have been ordered to put their “excellent” IT skills to use combating cybercrime in the Ministry of Interior. Bun King Mongkolpanha, 21, alias “Black Cyber”, and Chou…
Is the precedent set for when a contractor gets breached?
Drew Hansen reports: As we reported, the Office of Personnel Management’s decision not to renew two contracts with Falls Chuch-based US Investigations Services LLC led to the loss of 2,500 jobs. But it might also have set a precedent for how government handles contractor breaches. As a reminder, in July, the background checks division at USIS was…
UK: Swale council blames human error for data protection breach
Hayley Robinson reports: Swale council has been forced to apologise and may face investigation after the email addresses of about 2,500 residents were sent out to the public. A blunder meant they were inadvertently shared on a message promoting an e-billing system. The emails were sent out in batches of 10, containing about 250 contact…
IE: Credit Union private detectives fined €10,500 over data breach
More on the case noted earlier today on this blog, from Independent.ie: The directors of a private detective agency have been fined more than €10,000 for using “subterfuge” to illegally obtain the addresses of credit union clients in arrears. Private detectives posed as a VEC and hospital worker in order to obtain PPS numbers and…
Investigators accessed social welfare information and disclosed to credit unions
From RTÉ: Two directors of a private investigation company have admitted accessing social welfare information and disclosing it to a credit union. Margaret Stuart and Wendy Martin, both directors of MCK Rentals Ltd of Trafalgar Road in Greystones pleaded guilty at Bray District Court today to consenting, conniving or neglecting to stop alleged breaches of…