Macon-Bibb County officials said Tuesday that they have fixed a website security breach that exposed potentially thousands of people’s personal information, including Social Security numbers, drivers licenses, and birth certificates. The security breach appears to be contained to people who have applied for jobs with the government going back about four years, according to a…
Category: Government Sector
IL: New teacher licensing system full of glitches, hitches
Diane Rado reports: Just hours after the state launched a new, multimillion-dollar teacher licensing system last year, an educator logging in was shocked to find a serious security breach. “I discovered that by doing a public search using any educator’s name, ALL of our personal information is available to everyone. This is alarming!” the educator…
US charges 25 in Fla. in ID theft, tax fraud case
Curt Anderson of Associated Press reports: Twenty-five people accused of using thousands of stolen identities to claim $36 million in fraudulent tax refunds have been arrested in the latest South Florida sweep, federal authorities said Thursday. Among those charged in 19 separate cases is a middle school food service worker who swiped the identities of…
Expert Hacks Healthcare.gov in 4 Minutes
Well, no, they didn’t hack it. They didn’t even have to, it seems. Keith Koffler reports: Security consultant David Kennedy, who has testified before Congress about the flaws in Healthcare.gov that have made people’s information unsafe, revealed Monday he was able to gain access to the personal records of 70,000 Obamacare enrollees in four minutes….
Hacked Japanese Building Research Institute responds to hack
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…
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…