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Amazon Web Services does the right thing

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Dissent

Following up on my blog post concerning a data leak reported by BeyondRecognition.net, I just received an email from AWS stating that they have removed the Enron Email Data Set from their platform, making it unavailable for download and use. I am delighted to hear this. Of course, this doesn’t stop EDRM from hosting it…

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Mo. House Speaker defends attempt to hack into state’s list of concealed weapons permits

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: The Speaker of the Missouri House says an attempt to access a secure website listing Missouri’s concealed gun permit holders was part of an investigation into whether the state had appropriately shielded the information. In an interview with The Associated Press, House Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, declined Monday to identify the person…

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AU: Grave security breach of confidential police information puts informants at risk

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Dissent

Anthony Dowsley reports: The lives of informers and police officers have been put at risk over the “gravest” of leaks from inside the force. Police raids across Melbourne three weeks ago discovered volumes of confidential and sensitive police files dating back three years. So far, a junior police officer from the northern metro region has…

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Lessons from EDRM/FERC/Enron Data Privacy Breaches (updated)

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Dissent

Thanks to Joe Howie of BeyondRecognition.net for alerting me to what appears to be a very long-running, inadequately remedied breach that has exposed – and may be continuing to expose – the Social Security numbers and other personal information of thousands of people. I am posting this with some hesitation, as the data may still…

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Belgian Privacy Commission refers data breach case to Public Prosecutor

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Dissent

On April 29, 2013, the Belgian Privacy Commission announced that it referred a data breach case involving The National Belgian Railway Company to the Brussels Public Prosecutor. The data breach, which occurred in December 2012, resulted in the 1.46 million sets of customer data being made publicly available online. The Privacy Commission investigated the case…

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Update: MN seeks dismissal of suits over DNR data breach

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Dissent

Associated Press reports that Minnesota is seeking dismissal of lawsuits stemming from an employee’s improper access to the state’s driver’s license database: The state of Minnesota has asked a federal judge to dismiss five lawsuits filed on behalf of several people who say their driver’s license data was improperly accessed by a Department of Natural…

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