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Salinas Valley State Prison staff notified of intranet breach

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been  notifying employees of a data breach affecting staff at Salinas Valley State Prison.  From their letter describing the intranet exposure: We are writing to you because of an information security incident at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) involving your personal information. On September 26, 2012 it was…

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Some updates on the South Carolina Dept. of Revenue breach

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

Some updates while I was offline due to Hurricane Sandy. Well, I’m still without power, and our street is still impassable and yet another storm is due in two days, but thankfully the library is open and I can keep warm here for a bit each day… From the I-was-waiting-for-this dept.: Security experts blew raspberries…

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Illinois nursing home residents’ data stolen

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: The personal information of 508 Illinois nursing home residents was inside a stolen briefcase, prompting the state agency overseeing Medicaid to notify the people affected by the breach. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services announced the incident Friday. A statement from the department says the briefcase was stolen Aug. 31 from the…

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UK: Council guilty of data breach by posting identities online

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

A council has been accused of putting residents who report litter and graffiti at risk from the perpetrators after the authority breached data protection laws by posting online the identities of those providing the tip-offs. Data protection watchdogs at the Information Commissioner’s Office have deemed that York Council has broken guidelines after it emerged the authority’s online…

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NZ: Inland Revenue Department has had 32 privacy breaches in the past year.

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Dissent

ONE News in New Zealand reveals a government department has had a series of privacy breaches. Following soon after the breach involving the Ministry of Social Development, reports of inadequate data protection involving the Inland Revenue Department are just what the government doesn’t need.  Even worse, the department is getting a black eye in the press for…

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SC: Vincent Sheheen Calls Data Hack News Delay Unacceptable

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dissent

Is this just for political purposes or do these  comments from South Carolina State Senator Vincent Sheheen really reflect his views on the timeliness of notification: “For Governor Haley and her administration to withhold news from us for sixteen days that our personal identity information has been stolen from state computers is completely unacceptable. And…

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