Susan Casper reports on what some dumpster divers found in Payson, Arizona and the state agency’s response: The women’s hunt for savings turns up thousands of sensitive documents exposing the personal information of hundreds of Arizonans; confidential material a thief could use to steal your identity sitting at the bottom of a recycling bin. “There’s…
Category: Government Sector
Belfast city councillors’ bank details disclosed in data foul-up
Amanda Poole reports on another case where a response for records results in a data breach: Belfast city councillors were forced to cancel their bank cards last night after a major security breach in which a council worker accidentally released all their personal information to a member of the public. An internal investigation is now…
AU: Defence under investigation after privacy breach
Hayden Cooper reports on a horrific breach: The Australian Defence Force is under investigation for a privacy breach that exposed the most personal details of scores of serving soldiers. The bungle at Townsville’s Lavarack Barracks posted medical information, discipline records and psychology reports online for all to see. One former soldier has told ABC’s 7.30…
UK: Security breach at Castle Huntly prison as confidential files go missing after being binned by wardens
David Taylor reports: Files containing the personal information of prisoners, including Tommy Sheridan, are missing.. after being put in the bin by mistake. Staff at Castle Huntly jail threw out confidential paperwork weeks ago but forgot to shred it. When they went back to do it, the files had mysteriously disappeared. The missing information included…
UK: North cop faces data protection breach charges
A Black Isle cop is facing allegations he breached data protection laws by logging into a police computer system to find details on a colleague who was likely to be a witness against him in a Northern Constabulary misconduct investigation. The trial of Alan Heap (43) – whose address was given as c/o Burnett Road…
Redhack hits Ankara police website
Another law enforcement site, this one in Turkey, hit. ANF reports: The website of the police headquarter in Ankara has been hacked by Redhack in the organization of ‘AntiSec’ formation. Panicked after the attack,the police shut down all their servers, writes the Redhack site, but they could not prevent Redhack from getting the files. Explaining…