Eoghan McNeill reports: An email account operated by the Gardaí yesterday inadvertently circulated the personal email addresses of 1,500 people after an administration error. Dublin North Central Gardaí sent a community policing information bulletin to 1,746 people, failing to hide recipients’ addresses to others receiving the newsletter. Email addresses can be considered “personal data” in…
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Pirate Bay Swede’s trial set for final stage
From The Local: Swedish Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and his 21-year-old Danish co-defendant are set to appear in Frederiksberg Court in Copenhagen in the latest development in the largest hacking case in Danish history. The two men are accused of stealing social security numbers from Denmark’s national driving licence database, illegally accessing information…
Cybersecurity specialist at Scott Air Force Base commits suicide after FBI seizes his personal computers; “I am a good person at heart, even if I let my (curiosity) get the better of me”
Beth Hundsdorfer reports: A Mascoutah man stationed at Scott Air Force Base and hired to ensure the security of Department of Defense computers was being investigated for hacking before he took his own life, according to recently unsealed federal court records. FBI Agent Christopher Trifiletti showed up to question Jamie Magers, 33, who worked as…
School board to hire lawyer to investigate leak
Gretchen Phillips reports: The St. Mary’s County Board of Education is hiring independent counsel to investigate an alleged leak of confidential personnel information involving a school system employee. The investigation comes at a cost of $300 an hour. Sal Raspa, school board chair, explained Thursday that after board members discussed investigating the disclosure of information…
JPMorgan Chase alerts Louisiana that data breach possibly affects state-issued debit cards
Julia O’Donoghue reports: The personal information of Louisiana residents could be at risk because of another data breach involving state-issued debit cards. JPMorgan Chase has notified Louisiana’s government that someone had broken through the company’s security system and the personal information of residents using debit cards provided by three state agencies could be exposed. People who…
Mississippi woman sentenced for her role in stolen identity fraud case
Ladonna Cooper, age 30, of Jackson, was sentenced earlier this week to 20 months for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Cooper, a former employee of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, previously pled guilty to stealing personal identifying information, including names and social security numbers, from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility located in Rankin County….