A Denver city worker will be formally charged this week with 18 counts of identity theft and nine counts of criminal impersonation. Ray Taylor, 36, is also facing one count of theft. The Denver District Attorney’s office says Taylor used the names, birth dates and other personal information of others, including current and former Denver…
Category: Government Sector
GSA responds to GovTrip breach (follow up)
In response to my inquiries about the incident involving the GovTrip site, the GSA replied that the incident is still under investigation and that all they could say at this time is the following: February 11, 2009, some users of GovTrip when logging on to the site were redirected to a site that delivered malicious…
EXCLUSIVE: GovTrip site shut down; DOT computers infected
Over on USA Today, Peter Eisler’s lead is about how more infiltrators are trying to plant malicious software they could use to control or steal sensitive data. Here’s another incident this week that mainstream media doesn’t seem to know about. Over on the FAA Follies blog, it’s been reported that the Cyber Security Management Center…
GA: Clayton deputies’ personal information, files compromised
Megan Matteucci reports: Clayton County Sheriff Kem Kimbrough is investigating a security breach after some deputies’ personal information was taken from internal files. The records include Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, employee identification numbers and an inmate’s medical information. Some internal investigation files have also turned up missing. Kimbrough…
VA suspends contractor over patient data security
Adam Levine reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended a contractor for failing to follow the department’s policies for securing sensitive data about patients, the department said. A routine inspection revealed that a transcription contractor, with access to information including name, Social Security number and diagnosis, was using computers that did not follow guidelines…
Ca: Privacy commissioner may investigate City of Regina privacy breach
Joe Couture reports: Contrary to statements made by a City of Regina executive, the Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner has not yet decided whether or not to undertake a formal investigation into the breach of privacy announced by the city yesterday. Read more in the Leader-Post