In the wake of another breach involving the Ministry of Defence (not listed on this site as it is not clear whether it involved personally identifiable information), the BBC has published a recap of other breaches.
Category: Government Sector
UK: EPPING FOREST: Fraud fears after council blunder
Here’s another breach reported last month in the U.K., reported by Daniel Binns: An embarrassing blunder by the district council has led to confidential information about men applying for taxi licences being published on its website, in a move which the Government says could put them at risk of identity theft. National insurance numbers, addresses,…
Update: St Albans laptop saga ‘gets worse and worse’
Alexandra Barham reports: Sensitive data for a further 1,000 people was stored on a laptop thought to have been stolen from St Albans District Council, it has been revealed. A review of data stored on the council’s missing electoral services computer revealed a file containing the confidential details of an additional 1,000 people, kept to…
MS: More Social Security Numbers On-Line
Scott Noll reports: More social security numbers could be at-risk. This time, it’s desoto county homeowners finding their personal information on-line. Chancery Court Clerk Sluggo Davis admits, he’s not thrilled with what his office puts on-line. “I would not want mine out there,” Davis said about his social security number. From regular residents, to a…
Hk: Cops carpeted over leaks
Diana Lee reports: Twenty-one police officers have been disciplined over leaks in police data that have appeared online, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Roderick Woo Bun said yesterday. Woo said the figure was confirmed in a meeting with Police Commissioner Tang King-shing, who also said the leaks were not caused by hackers or failures in…
OR: State launches inquiry into records breach
Alan Gustafson reports: A state inquiry is under way to determine whether two state agencies broke Oregon law by dumping records with people’s names and Social Security numbers into an open recycling bin. Regulators with the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services are checking for violations of the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act,…