I missed this one when it first appeared on July 29th, but it is an insider breach of note: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Joseph Cespedes, 37, formerly a police officer in Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to misprision of a felony, announced United States…
Category: Government Sector
Former District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue Employee Sentenced to Jail for Stealing from Citizen’s Bank Account
WASHINGTON – Catyondia Ballard, 48, a former employee of the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue, was sentenced today to 16 weekends in jail, to be followed by 180 days of home detention, for the theft of over $114,000 from the bank account of a retired military member, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C….
New York City Police Department Officer Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Fraud and Identity Theft Charges
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN L. MONTANEZ, a police officer with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to credit card fraud and identity theft offenses. MONTANEZ, who was arrested late May 2014, entered his plea today before…
Two Fairfield Police Dept. officers under investigation for possible misuse of databases to check on potential dates
Jess Sullivan reports: A pair of veteran Fairfield police officers are under investigation for possible felony conduct relating to their trolling of personals dating websites while on duty and possibly using confidential law enforcement databases repeatedly to screen women they found appealing. The officers, Sgt. Stephen Ruiz and Detective Jacob Glashoff, had their desktop computers,…
AU: Federal privacy authorities called in over Centrelink breach
Noel Towell reports: Federal privacy authorities have been called in after Centrelink left revealing personal and financial details of clients lying around at a suburban railway station last month. Documents containing details of 23 clients’ full financial disclosures, including bank account numbers and details of property holdings, superannuation and investments, were left by an official…
IE: Dirty tricks at centre of credit union snooping
Niall O’Connor reports on a major case of social engineering: Sensitive personal data, including addresses and job details, was handed over by the Department of Social Protection after just one phone call from private investigators pretending to be State officials. The underhand tactics used to extract confidential information from a leading State agency is revealed…