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…
Category: Government Sector
MO: Springfield city website hacked as part of series of hacks involving government and law enforcement
Springfield officials say the personal information of about 2,100 citizens may have been obtained by hackers when the city’s website was “compromised” Feb. 17, a Friday. Some functions have been turned off on the city’s website, springfieldmo.gov, as authorities investigate the apparent breach, said city spokeswoman, Cora Scott. Read more on News-Leader.com A statement posted…
Hackers publish private information about L.A. police officers
Andrew Blankstein reports: The FBI is probing an Internet breach in which hackers publicly posted private information belonging to more than 100 local law enforcement officers who are part of the Los Angeles County Police Canine Assn. Tony Vairo, a San Fernando police officer, who is president of the group, told The Times that they…
Ca: Police chiefs’ website suffers cyber attack
Add the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police to any list of law enforcement agencies attacked by Anonymous or its affiliates. A cyber attack on the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s website has only bolstered the organization’s support for the government’s controversial online surveillance bill, a spokesman said Saturday. The association took down the…
LA: Ouachita Parish Sheriff Royce Toney arrested and must take leave
More on that case out of Ouachita Parish first reported in October 2011. Ouachita Parish Sheriff Royce Toney must take a leave of absence from his position following his arrest Friday by federal officials. Toney was arrested around 10 a.m. at his Courthouse Annex office without incident following an investigation by the federal officials that…
UK: Cheshire East Council fined £80,000 after e-mail, sent insecurely, disseminated to unintended recipients
Cheshire East Council has been ordered to pay a monetary penalty of £80,000 for failing to take appropriate measures to ensure the security and appropriateness of disclosure when emailing personal information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The serious breach of the Data Protection Act occurred in May 2011 when a council employee was…