Inland Revenue has apologised after personal details for just under 30 customers were incorrectly released. Deputy Commissioner Service Delivery Arlene White said a preliminary internal investigation indicated last week’s incident may have been caused by a manual handling error. “We have contacted the recipient of this information and our highest priority is the return…
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UK: Crown Prosecution Service grovels after leaking IDs of hundreds arrested during student riots
Jane Fae Ozimek reports: A botched response to a Freedom Of Information Act request could be about to cost the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dear. Prosecutors have issued grovelling apologies after revealing the identities of over a hundred people who were arrested during the tuition-fee riots but subsequently released without charge. […] The CPS provided…
CT: Willimantic town employees’ information was on unattended laptop stolen from employee’s office
Alison Shea reports: Willimantic police are asking for the public’s help in recovering a laptop containing town employees’ information that was stolen from Town Hall a week ago. Police said in a release late Sunday that a town employee had left the laptop unattended in his office in Windham Town Hall from 10 a.m. to…
Potential Tulsa website hacker victims notified (update: nothing to see here, move along)
Glenn Schroeder reports: The City of Tulsa’s website is still down after a hacker infiltration. And now people who submitted job applications and police reports on-line are getting letters from the city, warning their personal information may be in the hands of a hacker. In the letter the city says, “The personal information that may…
UK: Suffolk: Police officers resign after allegations of data protection breaches
Matt Gaw reports: Two police officers have resigned and another two staff members sacked after allegations of data protection breaches at Suffolk Constabulary, it can be revealed. Force bosses said the unlawful use of personal or police information “would not be tolerated” after figures obtained by the East Anglian Daily Times showed 66 suspected cases…
Hackers steal info on 200,000 Navy personnel (update 2)
Navy Times reports: The private information of more than 200,000 current and former Navy personnel was compromised in June when hackers broke into the Navy’s Smart Web Move Internet site, an application used to arrange household moves on official orders that was subsequently suspended, Naval Supply Systems Command confirmed Wednesday. The compromised database stored 11…