A hacker who identifies him/herself as BH_Hacker has dumped data on Pastebin that allegedly comes from a kenken.go.jp database. The National Institute of Building Research identifies itself as an incorporated administrative agency of Japan. The data dump contains 330 records with first and last names, usernames, email addresses, and telephone numbers. With one exception, there were…
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UK: Family’s safety ‘put at risk’ by council’s blunder
Stef Lach reports: A father says his family’s safety was put at risk by a council blunder which saw his personal details sent to thousands of people. Renfrewshire Council wrote to the 5354 people on its approved landlords list inviting them to a Landlord Accreditation training course, but also attached a list with personal details…
UK: Northamptonshire Police worker breached data law
A woman has admitted using police systems to access information on her ex-partner while employed by the Northamptonshire force. Julie Crust, 42, of Northfield Road, Northampton, admitted six counts of breaching data protection laws at Northampton Magistrates’ Court. The court heard she was employed as an administrative worker when the offences took place. Crust was…
MO: Former IRS Employee Indicted For Taxpayer ID Theft, Tax Fraud Conspiracy
A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service is among three defendants who have been indicted for stealing taxpayers’ identity information in order to receive fraudulent tax refunds. Taylor S. Knight, 32, and Michael J. Moore, 27, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Michael Stalcup, 42, of Farley, Mo., were charged in a six-count indictment…
MN: Fired Gov’t Worker Charged With Accessing Info On 800 Day Care Providers After She Was Fired
WCCO reports: A human services worker, fired for identity theft, has been charged with burglary and theft after returning to her former workplace, stealing office equipment and accessing the private information of almost 800 daycare providers, according to the Anoka County Attorney’s office. On the evening of July 9, 2013, 53-year-old Jan Michelle Gray gained…
Ca: Privacy watchdog investigates breach in residential school survivors’ claims
Susanna Moss reports: Canada’s privacy watchdog is investigating a possible breach of personal information belonging to residential school survivors, after an adjudicator working for the agency handling their compensation claims filed a police report citing blackmail. The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat is the administrative body that manages the claims made by residential school survivors….