Associated Press reports: A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing number of cyberattacks and is unwittingly being undermined by federal employees and contractors. Workers scattered across more than a dozen agencies, from the Defense and Education departments to…
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FL: Files stolen from Groveland city manager’s car after he left it unlocked in his driveway overnight
Daniel Dahm reports: A city vehicle assigned to the Groveland city manager was broken into and several items, including personnel files and paychecks were stolen, according to police. […] Jones said the SUV was parked in his driveway and left unlocked overnight. Read more on ClickOrlando. And what will be the consequences of this breach…
UK: Sheffield Council lost document of children’s names – authority’s data breaches exposed
Alex Evans reports: Confidential data has been lost, misplaced or leaked by Sheffield Council 22 times since February 2012, The Star can reveal today. The information includes eight letters sent to the wrong address and a document which contained children’s names going missing. In one breach, a spreadsheet naming 1,729 people who received payments from…
UK: Met Police computer hacker given community order by judge who says he was used as a ‘stooge’
Gareth Lightfoot reports: A teenage computer wiz who attacked the Metropolitan Police website has kept his freedom as a judge said he was used as a “stooge”. Jordan Jones, 19, was vulnerable and “preyed upon” by people who take pleasure in hacking high-level computers, a court heard. He since used his talents for good as a “poacher…
CA: Former Military Reservist, Relative Plead to Identity Theft Scam Exceeding $215,000
Two men, including a former military reservist who stole the identities of fellow soldiers while stationed overseas, pleaded no contest today for their involvement in an identity theft scam totaling more than $215,000 in losses, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Warren Kato of the High Tech Crime Division said…
Voter info stolen in Southeast DC?
WUSA9 reports: A volunteer says laptops with voters’ information was stolen in an early morning break-in at the Davis Elementary voting precinct in Southeast D.C., reports WUSA9 producer Stephanie Wilson. A Board of Elections official said no voter information was compromised, because the laptops have to be connected to the BOE network for anyone to…