Ry Crozier reports: The NSW Government has terminated its relationship with the developers of the state’s transport blueprint website after they admitted a security lapse – rather than hack – was the cause of a document leak. Transport minister David Campbell sought to make “a brief clarifying statement” to state parliament late yesterday after causing…
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Cyber-whistleblower stuns Latvia with tax heist
The Associated Press provides more info on a breach previously reported on this site that may have resulted in the acquisition of 7.4 million confidential files by a hacker’s group calling themselves the Fourth Awakening People’s Army (4ATA): One of the group’s members, who uses the name “Neo” — apparently in reference to the hero…
22 charged in NY identity fraud ring
Authorities announced charges Tuesday against 22 people involved in an alleged identity theft ring. Seven of them, including two New York City-based employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles, allegedly sold more than 200 New York state driver’s licenses and other identification documents in stolen identities, netting more than $1 million. In addition, 15 customers…
West Memphis Police Department’s computer network compromised
The FBI is investigating a Mid-South police officer suspected of accessing fellow officers’ personal information. West Memphis Police Chief Bob Paudert confirmed Monday an internal investigation underway, and the FBI is investigating, after the security of the department’s computer network was apparently compromised two weeks ago. “We had information that somebody had used a computer…
UK: Dyfed-Powys Police worker ‘stole’ secret Royal data
A civilian police worker stole “highly sensitive” data about a Royal visit by the Prince of Wales from a computer, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Martin Lansley, 31, was working for Dyfed-Powys Police when he downloaded classified material meant for only senior officers. He admitted accessing unauthorised data and unauthorised manipulation of data. Lansley, of Pennant,…
Massive security breach suspected at Latvian tax office
The State Revenue Service (VID) in Latvia admitted Monday that its electronic security systems may have been breached and that millions of confidential documents could have been hacked. The Latvian television news programme De Facto said Sunday night that 120 gigabytes of data consisting of 7.4 million individual documents had been leaked from VID’s database…