The Office of the NYS Comptroller has released its audit of Broome County‘s information technology for the period January 1, 2012 — August 20, 2013. From their summary: Local governments use and maintain data that contains PPSI. PPSI is any information where unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, destruction or disruption of access or use could severely impact the County’s critical…
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Update: Sailor convicted of hacking websites from aboard aircraft carrier
Sean Gallagher reports: A 27-year old now-former sailor pleaded guilty in a federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 20 to charges of conspiracy after leading a band of hackers in the US and Canada from onboard an aircraft carrier. Nicholas Paul Knight, who was the system administrator for the USS Harry S. Truman’s nuclear reactors department, was…
Wayne County employees information part of Paytime breach
Terrie Morgan-Besecker reports that employees of Wayne County, Pennsylvania have been notified of the Paytime, Inc. breach noted previously on this blog: Hackers breached Wayne County’s payroll processor, potentially gaining access to hundreds of government employees’ Social Security numbers, home addresses and bank account information. Chief Clerk Vicky Botjer confirmed the county was notified Tuesday…
Denbighshire: Council privacy blunders exposed
The North Wales Daily Post reports: A lost iPad containing confidential minutes and client records that were accidentally destroyed included in a report to be tabled next week A list of addresses were lost in a street and an iPad was left on a plane in a catalogue of Data Protection Act breaches. Minutes of…
Former Fort Campbell assistant IG pleads guilty to ID theft, bank fraud
Tavia D. Green reports: A Fort Campbell active duty officer entered a guilty plea to stealing the identity of other soldiers, applying for loans and using the money for his personal benefit. James Robert Jones, 43, of Woodlawn, Tennessee pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger‘s court in connection with a scheme…
CN: 100,000 Graduate Candidates’ Information Leaked?
Many on-job postgraduates applying for master degrees in China are fearing a possible leak of their personal information, the Wuhan Evening News reports on Sunday. It’s reported that many of the candidates have been receiving phone calls and text messages touting test questions and answers since they signed up for this year’s degree examination in…