John Hyde reports: Computer equipment storing more than 400,000 confidential court files was stolen from a court – and the theft only discovered months later when it appeared for sale on eBay, the Gazette can exclusively reveal. The network server, which contained personal details of victims and witnesses, was apparently stolen by a subcontractor in…
Category: Government Sector
Ex-Army inspector denies accusations he stole troops’ IDs
I waited to post this one until I could get a copy of the indictment. 10TV reported: A former Fort Campbell inspector whose job was to investigate misconduct has been charged with stealing the identities of fellow Army personnel, including a soldier who had been killed in combat. Acting U.S. Attorney David Rivera in Nashville…
Congress aides warned of email login security breach after @OpLastResort tweets notice of hack
While many of us were watching the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on FISA, @OpLastResort tweeted: While the House Judiciary Committee held #FISAOversight hearings today, we’ve been doing some oversight of the House pic.twitter.com/obWimEBjTf — OpLastResort (@OpLastResort) July 17, 2013 Today, Richard Cowan reports: Congressional aides in the Senate and House of Representatives said on…
Scottish Borders Council data breach fine decision overturned
From BBC: An appeal hearing has overturned a £250,000 fine for Scottish Borders Council over data protection failings. The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the Monetary Penalty Notice (MPN) in September last year. SBC paid the fine to get a 20% discount but lodged an appeal saying the scale of it was “very disappointing”. A four-day…
NASA ARC Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – July 1, 2013
Status Report Source: Ames Research Center Subject: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – July 1, 2013 From: ARC-HR Date: July 10, 2013 On Monday July 1, 2013 an email message was sent to all Civil Servants titled “Supreme Court Decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Federal Employee Benefits.” The email was…
NY: State worker sent 17,743 Medicaid records to personal account
Jon Campbell reports: A state employee was placed on leave after emailing thousands of private Medicaid records to his personal email account, state Medicaid Inspector General James Cox announced today. The security breach happened on Oct. 12 of last year, when the employee — who worked for Cox’s office — sent 17,743 records to the…