Paul Christian reports additional details on a breach mentioned previously on this blog: Confidential documents were found blowing in the wind in Hatfield in “an alarming discovery” by a councillor. The papers, believed to have come from the former county supplies depot in Mount Pleasant Lane, included an employee appraisal form which featured a worker’s…
Category: Government Sector
Confidential Hertfordshire County Council papers ‘found in street’
From BBC: A council has apologised after papers holding personal staff details were found discarded in a street. Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Zukowskyj said he saw Hertfordshire County Council documents outside a former adult care office in Hatfield. Derrick Ashley, cabinet member for resources, said the council apologised and would investigate how it happened. Mr…
Around 100,000 members of Korea’s presidential office site hacked
The numbers keep changing on a breach reported last week. Now Arirang News reports: We reported earlier last week that the website of Korea’s presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae came under a cyber-attack on Tuesday and on this Sunday, new reports show that personal information of around 100-thousand Cheong Wa Dae website members has…
Contractor’s “coding loophole” exposed Boston Teachers Union Health & Welfare Fund members’ SSN
A “coding loophole” by its contractor Classic Administrative Services reportedly exposed the names and Social Security numbers of 506 members of the Boston Teachers Union Health & Welfare Fund. The breach was discovered by a member doing a Google Search on April 4, and the notification to those affected does not indicate for how long their data…
NC: ABC Store information hack more widespread than Greensboro
Mitch Carr reports: The State Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission revealed Thursday that credit card information for customers at ABC stores in Greensboro and elsewhere had been compromised. In an email , public affairs director Agnes Stevens said, “It appears that an outside scammer has hacked into the computer/sales system used by Greensboro and several other…
Data on 40,000 US Soldiers Stolen in South Korea Cyber-Attack – Claim
Edward Smith reports: Cyber-attacks were staged on Tuesday, 25 June, marking the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950. The hackers compromised the websites of South Korea’s presidential office and several local newspapers. The unidentified hackers claimed to have obtained personal data belonging to two million South Korean workers and 40,000 US…