We usually think of the financial or medical risks associated with ID theft. But murder to engage in ID theft? Jay Weaver reports: In December 2010, Bruce Parton was murdered in broad daylight while doing a job he had enjoyed for 30 years: delivering the mail. On Thursday, a federal jury found a Miami-Dade man…
Category: Government Sector
More on the hack of Israel’s court system
More details are emerging on the significant data security breach involving Israel’s court system.
State of Alabama Employee Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
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…
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…