The New Haven Register reports on a laptop theft that occurred on May 23: A laptop used by an Elderly Services Specialist to input data for the Rent Rebate program was stolen recently from the Mitchell Branch Library, but there is no reason to believe anyone has accessed the data stored on the laptop, city…
Category: Government Sector
Ca: Government kiosks pulled from service
Kim Zarzour reports: ServiceOntario kiosks at Vaughan Mills and Promenade Mall were two of the four locations where a security breach prompted the government to shut down all 72 of the electronic booths across Ontario this week. The automated self-service kiosks at the two York Region sites, along with booths at Albion Centre in Etobicoke…
Congress critical of TRICARE’s response; requests detailed answers while criticizing TRICARE and SAIC
Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: At least some members of Congress are not happy with the response to a letter they sent TRICARE following the theft of backup tapes from the unattended vehicle of an employee of their contractor, SAIC. The tapes contained information on approximately 5 million military beneficiaries and their dependents. Although TRICARE’s response was not disclosed publicly, Rep. Ed…
Montreal homicide detective guilty of passing data from CRPQ database to criminals
Sue Montgomery reports on another insider breach: A Montreal homicide detective was found guilty Friday of using the police database to glean personal information and pass it on to criminals. Mario Lambert, 44, was arrested in September 2009 after the Montreal police internal affairs department discovered someone had used the computer between December 2008 and…
Update: Belfast councillors’ bank details blunder cost almost £65k
Remember that breach involving Belfast city councillors’ bank details? Lesley-Anne McKeown of the Belfast Telegraph reports on what the breach cost the city: A report presented to councillors has found that dealing with the security breach which was blamed on ‘human error’ cost £64,250 — most of which went on legal fees. Read more on…
Utah: Did 2005 bill contribute to the Medicaid computer breach?
Chris Vanocur that a 2005 bill that centralized computer systems in Utah may have contributed to the March hack that affected 800,000. The centralization reportedly saved the state money, but Chris asks at what cost? The centralization reportedly led to lay-offs and, eventually, other key state computer personnel left as well. ABC 4 News is…