WGAL reports that Security Savings Systems of New Cumberland mailed 1099-G forms to taxpayers that exposed others’ Social Security numbers: On Tuesday, taxpayers in Derry Township received sheets of paper in the mail with the information of two taxpayers on it. These 1099-G forms list the amount of the person’s tax refund that they received…
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OH: Greene Co. website hacked; users warned
Mark Gokavi reports: Greene County residents who have used an email address, user name and password on any Greene County website may want to change that information in other applications because the county’s web server was hacked into Monday night. Greene County Auditor David Graham said the breach at about 9:30 p.m. Monday did not…
Salt Lake City Police Department hacked in “OpPiggyBank” (updated)
A hack of the Salt Lake City Police Department this week has raised concerns after hackers claimed to have acquired information that might jeopardize the identities of confidential informants and operations. On Tuesday, the hackers, known as @CabinCr3w and @ItsKahuna on Twitter, dumped some data on PasteBin and PasteBaythat included 1,073 names, usernames, e-mail addresses,…
UK: Basildon Council staff personal data published online
Details of an Essex council’s entire workforce were released online in a “serious security breach”, it has said. Names, dates of birth, sickness information and work contact numbers for Basildon Council’s staff of “about 1,000” were published on the internet. A council worker spotted the breach on Monday and the details were removed by Tuesday,…
UK: Memory stick with personal information about children goes missing
East Lothian Council has issued an unreserved apology after a security lapse in which an employee lost a memory stick which contained personal details of young children attending schools in the Dunbar area. The council has informed parents of primary school children in Dunbar and district that a copy of electronic records it holds containing…
UK: Met Police admits victims’ email address sharing error
Scotland Yard has admitted inadvertently sharing the email addresses of more than 1,000 victims of crime with other victims. In total 1,136 emails were sent out “in human error” on Monday, police said. No other personal details were revealed and police are contacting everyone affected to explain what happened and to apologise, Scotland Yard confirmed….