Hélène Mulholland reports the follow-up to a breach reported previously on this blog: Oliver Letwin committed a series of data protection breaches by dumping correspondence from constituents in a park bin close to Downing Street, according to the information commissioner. The letters and emails contained the names, addresses and contact details of about 20 individuals,…
Category: Government Sector
Czech Education Minister to fire bureaucrat responsible for Romani data leak
As an update to a post involving a web leak of Romani student data on the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Education site, Romea.cz has an update: The Czech Interior Ministry has learned which bureaucrat published a list of Romani pupils including sensitive data about them to the ministry website. Czech Education Minister Josef Dobeš (Public Affairs…
Czech Education Ministry faces CZK 10 million fine over leak of Romani students’ private data
A list of Romani scholarship recipients including sensitive personal data showed up recently on the Czech Education Ministry’s website. The ministry removed the list after Czech Television reported on the case earlier this week. Czech Education Minister Josef Dobeš (Public Affairs – VV) has filed criminal charges against an unidentified perpetrator over the information leak….
USPS notified 5,400 online store customers after their data were inadvertently revealed to others
A few days ago, I received an inquiry from someone who had logged into her USPS online store account, only to see another customer’s name, address, and last four digits of their credit card number. Understandably concerned, she contacted customer service who told her that it was a “known error” and that letters would be…
NJ: Rogue SSA employee provided Social Security Numbers for a bank fraud scheme
Another insider breach involving the Social Security Administration has come to light. In a federal court in New Jersey this week, Syed Rehman, 44, of Jersey City, admitted his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he used unlawfully obtained Social Security numbers to obtain credit cards and mortgages, causing four banks to lose…
Pension leak may dig into Russians’ pockets
Personal client data from the Russian Pension Fund has leaked onto the Internet. The Fund’s website published the full names and insurance and savings-account values of some of its clients. The information was removed within an hour of the leak, but it remained online in cached form, and could be accessed via a search on…