CBS News/AP reports: A Minnesota National Guardsman faces federal fraud charges in the alleged theft of names, Social Security numbers and security clearance levels of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit in Fort Bragg, N.C. The Iraq War veteran intended to use the confidential material to create fake IDs for his militia, court…
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NDP urge investigation of privacy breaches at Canada Revenue Agency
Jordan Press reports: The Opposition New Democrats want an investigation of new privacy concerns at the Canada Revenue Agency after the agency was unable to tell the NDP just how many privacy breaches it had sustained in the last 10 years. The agency was asked by the NDP for information on how many data, information…
UK: Islington Town Hall data breach victims set to receive compensation payouts of up to £5k
Andrew Johnson reports: The [Islington] Town Hall has agreed to pay compensation totalling £43,000 to 14 residents whose personal details, including mental health problems and sexual orientation, were leaked in two disastrous data breaches last year. A full written apology will also be sent to the claimants, who have been awarded between £1,000 and £5,000…
Lawmakers ask for deeper look into FDA security hack
Josh Lowensohn reports: Washington lawmakers today asked for a more thorough review of a security attack against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year, which resulted in compromised data. That attack took place on October 15th, 2013, which was the last day of the US government shutdown, and resulted in a breach of…
Ca: Security breach at provincial registry jeopardizes privacy rights of 25,000 personal support workers; ministry must act
Obviously there’s a political agenda here, but it’s curious I hadn’t heard about any breach until I read this press release. There is no notice on the Ontario PSW site concerning any breach: Concerns and questions are mounting over the lack of provincial government action and oversight following a serious security breach at an employer-run…
Retired cop, accused of stealing documents, reaches deal to give info back to Parsippany
There’s probably some lessons to be learned from this one… Justin Zaremba reports: A retired Parsippany police captain and the township have agreed to meet with a court-appointed computer forensic expert to facilitate the return of nearly 960,000 police department documents that municipal officials allege were stolen and deleted from municipal servers by the captain….