The following press release from the DOJ is related to a scam previously noted on this blog: Natacia Webster, an employee of the state of Alabama, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue…
Category: Government Sector
Scottish council fined £250k after losing staff pension records
We had been told a big fine was coming, but now it’s here. PublicService.co.uk reports: Scottish Borders Council has been hit with a major fine after pension records, bank details and salary information on hundreds of employees were dumped in recycle bins, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed. The watchdog, which can fine up…
Hacker suspected of stealing scores of court documents claims no hacking required to access files
Eli Senyor and Maor Buchnik report: The police have arrested Moshe Halevi, 40, from Acre, for allegedly hacking into one of the Israeli courts’ databases and accessing thousands of case files, some of which contain classified information. Two additional suspects were arrested as well. One of the suspects, Attorney Boaz Guttman, is a former high-ranking…
ME: Sheriff Department’s Social Security numbers breach poses privacy concerns
Seth Koenig reports: Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce is urging the approximately 180 people recently arrested by his agency whose Social Security numbers were accidentally made public this week to be wary of strange activity in their bank or other personal accounts. […] On Thursday night, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office announced that a new…
Data Breach at Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Iran Kantor reports: The Boston Water and Sewer Commission has been informed that a contractor working to upgrade the Commission’s meter reading software is unable to locate a hard drive that may have contained the commission’s water and sewer account information, according to a letter sent out to residents earlier this month. The missing drive…
Scottish councils lose personal data of 10,000
From PublicService.co.uk Hundreds of council data security incidents have led to the loss of data on more than 10,000 people in Scotland over the past five years, figures released under freedom of information laws have revealed. Laptops containing images of children were lost, as was confidential pension information and Blackberry devices containing sensitive emails. These…