Laura Militana reports: The first work session for Algood’s new mayor and council member turned out to be a busy one as council members discussed a troubling discovery. More than a month ago, Mayor Scott Bilbrey informed city administrator Keith Morrison about a potential problem involving identity theft, compromising the personal information of the city’s…
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Ca: About 15,000 people affected in BC data breach
News1130 reports: The provincial government is admitting the personal information of about 15,000 people may have been disclosed in a data breach at the provincial Wildfire Management Branch. It says there was an unauthorized access on September 24th, and as soon as it was discovered the website was shut down. The province says a thorough…
Oregon Employment Department breach update
There’s an update to the Oregon Employment Department breach noted previously on this site. Fox12 in Oregon reports: The Oregon Employment Department will be offering identity theft protection to jobseekers who may have been compromised by a security vulnerability. After reviewing 1.9 million records for people who have registered with the WorkSource Oregon Management Information…
In support of Hong Kong protesters, Anonymous releases data from Chinese government sites
Chris Luo reports: The Anonymous group of computer hackers yesterday followed up on its threat made on Friday to release data from mainland government websites. It released hundreds of phone numbers and email addresses of the Ningbo Free Trade Zone in Zhejiang province and a job-search site run by the Changxing county administration, also in…
OR: Data breach involving Employment Department WorkSource Oregon Management Information System may impact 1.3M Oregonians
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…
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…