Just what South Carolina needed – another agency breach. Chris Meller writes: … the South Carolina Health Insurance Pool has begun notifying current and previous subscribers that their information has been leaked again. According to a letter dated December 18th a laptop owned by DeLoach & Williamson, an independent auditor contracted by SCHIP, was stolen from an employee’s car on October 16, 2013….
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WA: Sumner fires temporary court clerk for sending herself city data on 3,600 people
Eager new employee or something nefarious? Hopefully, the former, but in any event, this breach was detected. Kari Plog reports: The city of Sumner has fired a temporary employee after she sent information about 3,600 people, mostly residents, to her personal email. City spokeswoman Carmen Palmer told The News Tribune on Friday that an investigation…
TX: Former Cuero city secretary charged with intercepting police emails
Sonny Long reports: A former Cuero city secretary has been indicted for intercepting police department emails and passing along the information to “people who shouldn’t have it,” said DeWitt County District Attorney Michael Sheppard. Lisa Moravitz, 39, was indicted by a DeWitt County grand jury Dec. 16 and arrested Saturday on two charges of unlawfully…
Conviction in hacking of Russian president’s site
If you had to guess what sentence someone would get for hacking the Russian president’s web site, what would you guess? The Voice of Russia reports: The Tomsk Sovetsky District Court has found a local resident guilty of hacking the Russian president’s site, the court press service reported on Monday. “In May 2012, the defendant…
NZ: Huge increase in Inland Revenue Department reports of privacy breaches in 2013
Looks like New Zealand’s new Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards, has his work cut out for him. ONE News reports: Confirmed privacy breaches at Inland Revenue have jumped by almost 400 percent in the past year despite a crackdown after a spate of failings. In 2012 there were 32 separate privacy breaches but ONE News can…
Washington Dept. Social & Health Services sends sensitive info to wrong addresses
Christine Claridge reports: The personal information of up to 7,000 households receiving assistance from the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) was sent in error to incorrect or old addresses, according the state Economic Services Administration (ESA). The administration confirmed in a news statement released Thursday that the private information of at least…