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Connecticut Department of Labor confirms privacy breach; 64 individuals’ details exposed

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Dissent

WTNH reports: Ohan Karagozian is a licensed optician who says he filed a claim with the Connecticut Department of Labor for help in getting some back wages from a former employer. He says what he got back in the mail from the department shocked him. “I started looking through the folders and I did not…

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INFORMATION SECURITY: VA Needs to Address Identified Vulnerabilities – GAO

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Dissent

The highlights of a new GAO report, INFORMATION SECURITY: VA Needs to Address Identified Vulnerabilities: While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has taken actions to mitigate previously identified vulnerabilities, it has not fully addressed these weaknesses. For example, VA took actions to contain and eradicate a significant incident detected in 2012 involving a network intrusion,…

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State Department shuts down email system after suspected hacker attack

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Dissent

Matthew Lee of AP reports: The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack. A senior department official said Sunday that “activity of concern” was detected in the system around the same time as a previously reported incident…

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California Highway Patrol notifies drivers of missing collision investigation reports

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Dissent

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is notifying some drivers that collision investigation reports with their personal information was lost when a box containing the reports was damaged at a USPS facility. The box had been shipped on October 3 to Sacramento, and CHP learned of the problem on October 11. In a letter dated October…

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Update: South Carolina extends free ID theft protection through October 2015

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dissent

WMBF reports that South Carolina taxpayers are getting one more year of free IDtheft protection from CSID for the security breach in 2012 that compromised 3.8 million taxpayers’ data.

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Civilian employee for Coast Guard accused of stealing personal information

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dissent

Kaitlyn Naples reports: A Connecticut man who is an information technology contractor for the United States Coast Guard has pled guilty to stealing personal information. The United States District Attorney said Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck pled guilty to stealing information found on hundreds of computers and personal electronic devices that had been brought to…

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