Claire Murphy reports: Gardai are investigating after a laptop and documents belonging to a garda were discovered in a brothel in Amsterdam. […] The bag reportedly contained a laptop and documents as well as an “insignia” that allegedly identified the owner as being a member of an Garda Siochana. Read more on Independent.ie. It’s not yet clear what…
Category: Government Sector
Four Arizona residents sentenced in tax refund fraud scheme that used prisoners’ information
On July 28, 2014, Kristi Marie Egger, 34, of Mesa, Ariz., and Michael Wayne Egger, 47, of Mesa, Ariz., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton after each pleaded guilty to two felony counts for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false federal income tax returns. Kristi Egger was sentenced to…
Ottawa reports 101 privacy breaches since April
Alex Boutilier reports: The federal government has quietly logged 101 breaches of Canadians’ private information over the last four months, the Star has learned. Numbers released by Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien’s office reveal his office was informed of a privacy breach an average of almost once a day since April 1. The majority of these…
Chinese cyberattack infiltrated system holding personal data
Well, I wasn’t going to post anything about this hack because it didn’t seem any personal information was involved, but now it seems that there was personal info involved, so…. Andrea Janus reports: A highly sophisticated cyberattack against Canada’s National Research Council infiltrated a system that contained personal information, the privacy commissioner’s office said Thursday….
NZ: City council documents fly loose (UPDATED)
Shelley Robinson reports from Christchurch: Thousands of city council documents filled with personal details, including bankruptcy and medical information, have been flying off the top of a soon to be demolished car parking building. For weeks, people in the Re:Start Mall and surrounding blocks have been finding parking infringement notices from 2001 – 2003. The…
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Identity Theft Scheme Using Prisoner Names and Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee
Gregory Slaton pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to file false claims for his involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund (SIRF) scheme, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced. According to the…