BBC reports: Robert Hamill’s family has said they are “dismayed” that the Ministry of Justice has lost discs containing data from his inquest. The 25-year-old Catholic was murdered by loyalists in Portadown, County Armagh, in 1997. A public inquiry was held due to claims of police collusion. The lost discs relate to Mr Hamill’s inquest and…
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No jail time for cop who stole and shared suspects’ nudes
Miles Klee reports a less-than-impressive sentence in a privacy breach case involving a police officer: Weeks after the state secured its first conviction under a new revenge porn law, a California Highway Patrol officer pled no contest to felony charges over duplicating and sharing intimate photos found on the phones of women in his custody—and got three years’ probation. Sean Harrington,…
SG: Hacker ‘Messiah’ pleads guilty to 39 computer misuse charges
Kelly Ng reports: Hacker James Raj Arokiasamy, who goes by the moniker “Messiah”, has pleaded guilty to 39 charges of computer misuse for hacking into the web servers of Fuji Xerox, a fan site of popstar Sun Ho and government-related websites in 2013. Read more on Today.
Ex-Air Force sergeant pleads guilty to stealing credit cards, personal ID at San Diego bases
How… dishonorable. The AP reports: A retired Air Force senior master sergeant who stole credit cards and identification from dozens of military members in the San Diego area has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Christopher Underwood entered the pleas on Thursday. He could face more than 20 years in federal prison….
Malware infects Arkansas state computers; data said secure
Claudia Lauer reports: The Arkansas Department of Information Systems blocked all .zip files from the state’s email system after a malware attack was identified. The department sent out notice over email and social media about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Department spokesman Janet Wilson said only a fraction of the more than 15,000 computers on the state’s…
Man accused of data theft challenges FBI raid
Mark Govaki reports: The attorney for a former defense contractor employee accused of stealing sensitive government data questioned the timing and scope of federal agents’ search and why the FBI would erase surveillance video. John M. Sember, 28, is accused in a complaint filed in Dayton’s U.S. District Court of either destroying or taking sensitive…