On February 24, an employee of the of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) and a private detective were arrested in connection with investigations into the illegal passing on of telecommunication personal data to a third party. As reported by Stefanos Evripidou: The information included incoming and outgoing calls and text messages for certain CyTA clients….
Category: Government Sector
2 state web sites hacked in Hawaii
Sean Hao reports: The state has temporarily taken down two procurement-related Web sites following a security breach that exposed the user names and passwords of hundreds of state and county employees. State Comptroller Russ Saito said the Web sites were hacked earlier this week by someone in Romania. No financial information was compromised and it…
DoD to reduce use of Social Security numbers
Rick Maze reports: The Defense Department is preparing to launch a militarywide effort to reduce the use of Social Security numbers to lower the chances of identity theft for military and civilian workers and contractors. But the announcement, included in the March 3 Federal Register, makes clear that stopping the use of Social Security numbers…
Alaska state employees’ union wants more protection after breach
The Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA) is seemingly unhappy with the two-year benefits plan being offered to over 77,000 state employees whose data were lost by PricewaterhouseCooper. The personal information included their names, social security numbers, and dates of birth. ASEA represents almost 8,000 of the state employees. In a press release issued today, ASEA…
(update) 35,000 guardsmen at risk after data loss
Jennifer Godwin reports that 35,000 current and former Arkansas National Guardsmen will be notified that their names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information were on a hard drive that went missing last month. Investigators determined that a file on the drive contains information on those who enlisted in the Arkansas National Guard dating back…
HOW many years of free credit alerts?
I don’t know if this is some kind of record, but the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is notifying people who were affected by the security breach reported in January that they can get an additional 7 years of fraud victim alerts on their credit reports at no charge. The story’s here. Does anyone remember…