Well, this is a bit different. Andrew Becker has an intriguing side note to a breach involving the Arizona Counter Terrorism Center that he previously reported with ProPublica: A federal judge in Arizona has ordered the U.S. government to revoke the citizenship of a woman at the center of a 2007 security breach involving a…
Category: Government Sector
IE: Private investigators charged with ‘blagging’ personal data
Elaine Edwards reports on a breach case previously noted on this blog: Two private investigators have appeared in court charged with allegedly ‘blagging’ personal information on a number of individuals from both the Department of Social Protection and the HSE nd with passing it to credit unions. Margaret Stuart (56) and Wendy Martin< (45), both directors of MCK Rentals…
CA Department of Social Services files with identity info accidentally disposed of without shredding
From the California Health & Human Services Agency Department of Social Services: We are writing to inform you of a security incident involving your personal information. On July 17, 2014, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) was informed of the unauthorized release of documentation that may have included your personal information. Confidential documents were accidentally…
PK: Hackers take down govt websites, leak bank records
A group of Pakistani hackers temporarily brought down several government portals, including that of the Army, and leaked 23,000 bank records in a bid to support the ongoing anti-government protests in the country. The group calling themselves “Anonymous Op Pakistan” hacked over two dozen government websites overnight, a few of which remained inaccessible. Some of…
Gardai apologise for data breach after email reveals 1,700 email addresses
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…
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…