Meanwhile, in Estonia: On Tuesday, Harju County Court found Alice Järvet, a former head of the analysis and planning bureau, guilty of leaking information from a police database. Järvet was fined 9,398 euros and was suspended from police work for three years, court spokeswoman Kristina Ots told uudised.err.ee. In January, the public prosecutor made a…
Category: Government Sector
DOE reveals data disclosure involving 12,000 workers
It’s been a rough few days for governmental agencies, it seems. First it was the GSA breach, and now DOE. Bob Pavey reports: Federal authorities are investigating a security breach in which personal information from at least 12,000 Savannah River Site workers was compromised last month. “Initial indications are that this disclosure was not the…
General Services Administration discloses vulnerability; starts notifying those potentially affected
When I first saw reference to this vulnerability report, I thought it was a non-U.S. situation. But then I realized it was our government. Oops! Posted on the GSA’s web site, yesterday: System for Award Management Security Vulnerability SAM SECURITY ISSUE March 2013 Recently, U.S. GSA officials identified a security vulnerability in the System for…
FL: Jacksonville intranet breach exposed employees’ Social Security numbers
Fox30 reports from Jacksonville, Florida: A confidential document containing the social security numbers of every city employee hired after 2005, was found on an internal website. A city worker found the document and forwarded it on public officials. According to a letter sent to city council members, the employee was placed on paid administrative leave…
NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers
Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…
Alabama Defendants Sentenced for Their Role in a Million Dollar Identity Theft Tax Scheme
As an update to a case I’ve been following here and on phiprivacy.net: Corey Means was sentenced yesterday to 20 months in prison and Melba Wilson to eight months home detention for their involvement in a million dollar identity theft tax scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced. According to court documents,…