Associated Press reports: Detroit says a recent computer security breach affected files that contained personal identifying information of a large number of city employees. The city says in a statement that Beth Niblock, Detroit’s chief information officer, plans to discuss the breach during a Monday news conference. Read more on ABC. I’ll update this post…
Category: Government Sector
UK man charged with hacking US Federal Reserve
Grant Gross reports: A British man faces new charges in the U.S. for allegedly hacking into the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s servers and stealing names, email addresses and other personal information of the bank’s computer users. Lauri Love, already facing charges in New Jersey and Virginia, is now charged with one count of computer hacking and one…
UK: Failure to adequately redact results in undertaking for Treasury Solicitor’s Department
In the UK, the Treasury Solicitor’s Department has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioenr’s Office. As described in the undertaking, there had been a number self-reported breaches involving exposure of individuals’ information due to incomplete redactions or failure to fully check: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was contacted by the data controller on 6…
Asylum seeker data breach: no decision yet on whether to inform those affected
Daniel Hurst reports: Australia’s top immigration bureaucrat has told a Senate committee he is yet to make a call on whether asylum seekers will be told that his department released their confidential personal details on its website. Martin Bowles, secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, characterised the data breach as “regrettable” but…
Oregon secretary of state website back online after hacker attack
KATU reports: Oregon’s secretary of state’s website was fully back in business Monday after “an unauthorized intrusion” earlier this month, according to the agency. […] When the intrusion was discovered Feb. 4, the agency shut down the state’s online business registry and campaign finance records. The state said the hackers didn’t get access to the…
UK: £500 fine for PCSO who accessed data
Ryan Jennings reports: A former Colchester PCSO has been fined for accessing the information of 148 people “out of personal curiosity” while working for Essex Police. Arrie Bygrave, 23, of Peppercorn Close, Colchester, admitted breaching the Data Protection Act by checking 1,684 records for his own purposes. Read more on Daily Gazette.