Michael Cohn reports: A former Internal Revenue Service employee has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison in connection a tax fraud and identity theft scheme. Missy A. Sledge, 47, was employed for 12 years by the IRS. According to prosecutors, she worked with other criminals who would file fraudulent tax returns…
Category: Government Sector
Istana website defacer fined $8,000
Elena Chong of The Straits Times reports: Singapore – A businessman who was fined $8,000 yesterday for hacking into the Istana website is the first to be convicted of carrying out a cyber attack on a government website here. Delson Moo Hiang Kng, 43, who runs an IT consultancy firm, admitted to one of three…
Massive Data Breach Affects Hundreds of Miami-Dade County Employees
Dan Krauth reports: A massive data breach has affected hundreds of Miami-Dade County employees, according to two independent NBC 6 sources. NBC 6 has confirmed county employees’ personal information is being used to file fraudulent unemployment claims and commit credit card fraud. It is still unclear if the data breach, which could date back to…
CO: 150 Personal Veterans Records Mailed To Wrong Man
CBS reports: Sensitive information detailing the military careers of dozens of U.S. veterans, social security numbers and pension applications was mailed to a Weld County man who is also a veteran. That mix-up can be traced back to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Lakewood. The agency is in charge of processing disability claims…
U.S. Military Says South Korea Databases Hacked, Personal Data Stolen
Cassandra Vinograd reports: The U.S. military said Thursday that a hacking attack may have stolen the personal data of more than 16,000 South Koreans employed by American forces. U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement that learned on May 28 that two databases storing personal information had been compromised. “No military or defense-related classified information…
Ex-ALDOC workers sentenced in identity theft
Scott Johnson reports: Two former Alabama Department of Corrections officers have been sentenced for their roles in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Bryant Thompson was sentenced to 120 months in prison, and Quincy Walton was sentenced to 84 months. Thompson and Walton were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States in January 2014….