Here’s a follow-up to an insider breach previously reported on this blog. Paula McMahon reports: A former state corrections officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing hundreds of prison inmates’ identities. Bernard Beliard, 27, who was most recently assigned to the South Florida Reception Center in Doral, pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated identity theft and access…
Category: Government Sector
Honolulu Police Department confirms hack exposed some members of the public’s personal information
Mileka Lincoln of HawaiiNewsNow reports: HPD has confirmed one of their databases containing information about the public has been hacked. Officials say anyone who has ever signed up for an “HPD alert” using their email address or phone number has been exposed. They say this includes more than 3,500 entries listing individual’s full names. The…
SRS employee stole 12,000 coworkers’ information
There’s an update to the Savannah River Site (USDOE) breach reported back in March, but I don’t know that it really clarifies that much. Mike Gellatly reports: The personal information of some 12,000 Savannah River Site employees stolen earlier this year was not “improperly distributed,” though it was found in the hands of a Site…
Amazon Web Services does the right thing
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…
Mo. House Speaker defends attempt to hack into state’s list of concealed weapons permits
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…
AU: Grave security breach of confidential police information puts informants at risk
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…