Katy Barnitz reports: A man who police say broke into three vehicles, stealing two iPads and a laptop, was arrested Friday at his home, where deputies also discovered a binder containing Albuquerque Fire Department personnel information, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Read more on Albuquerque Journal. And then someone should ask the AFD…
Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in ID theft fraud scheme
Why, oh why, don’t they tell us how/where the stolen identity information was obtained? Benoit Placide, a/k/a “Snow,” a/k/a “Mario,” 26, of West Palm Beach, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay joint and several restitution in the amount of $742,955 for his role…
Affinity Health Plan notifies members of PHI breach
Affinity Health Plan notified 496 heads of household within Affinity’s membership on August 21, 2015, about the disclosure of some of their personal information via a mailing of Child Health Plus renewal letters. A sample of the notification letter sent to affected households can be found in this link, which explains the incident in greater detail. On…
UK: ICO takes enforcement action against Anglesey County Council
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Anglesey County Council has been ordered to improve its data protection practices after it repeatedly failed to address security and privacy issues. Two separate security incidents as far back as 2011 led to the council signing undertakings to make changes and improve practices. But despite committing to the improvements, audit…
IT: Faulty file caused Lake Norman High School security breach
It’s nice that the district followed up by publicly disclosing what went wrong. Preston Spencer reports: The Lake Norman High student who obtained an administrative password last week did so by using more sophisticated methods than just simply guessing. Dr. David Blattner, chief technology officer for Iredell-Statesville Schools, said the password, which was spread to six other students…
Seoul subway server allegedly hacked by North Korea
The Korea Herald reports: The computer server of one of Seoul City’s subway operators was found to have been hacked last year, allegedly by North Korea, though little damage has been confirmed, officials said Monday. According to Saenuri Party Rep. Ha Tae-keung quoting the National Intelligence Service’s report, two servers in charge of managing the…