Ben O. de Vera reports: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is looking into an alleged leak of confidential information obtained from tax tipsters. In Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 50-2016 issued last April 22, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said the leak was allegedly perpetrated by the bureau’s own officers and employees. Henares said the…
Category: Insider
Former PwC employees on trial in Lux Leaks breach and scandal
There’s a new development in an insider breach that created shock waves internationally As I had noted back in 2014, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers employee charged with copying and leaking files to the media (the “Lux Leaks” case) had suggested that he wasn’t the only employee involved. Now Fraser Simpson reports that today, two former PwC employees…
WA: Vancouver student expelled for hacking high school email system
KPTV reports: A Vancouver Public School District spokesperson said Skyview High School email system was hacked early Tuesday morning by a student. Communications Director Patricia Nuzzo said the student was “emergency expelled” until appropriate disciplinary action can be determined. Nuzzo added the student hacked into a teacher email account and sent six different messages to more…
Tampa International Airport infosecurity breach spurred probe
Yvette C. Hammett reports: A consultant working to upgrade Tampa International Airport’s computer system last year caused concern among some airport employees about a potentially serious security breach because he shared his user name and password with 19 people in foreign countries. […] The information technology consultant, Gautham Sampath, who told airport authorities he shared…
Ca: Student hacks Thames Valley District
Jennifer O’Brien reports: Police and school board officials are investigating after a student hacked into a file containing private information — including names and addresses — of peers at South secondary school. The breach occurred April 14, said Marion Moynihan, superintendent of student achievement, information technology services for Thames Valley District school board. “A student created…
UK: Worker stole customers’ personal details from Tesco database
STV provides an update to a previously noted breach. A Tesco worker stole customers’ personal details from the supermarket giant’s database. Thomas Wengierow admitted a charge under the Data Protection Act committed when he worked at the Tesco Customer Services call centre in Baird Avenue, Dundee. Read more on STV.