$19 million is the estimated cost of notifications and credit monitoring for affected employees, according to OPM director Katherine Archuleta, It’s not clear to me if she based that figure on the original 4.2M affected figure or a newer 18M estimate. And it doesn’t include notifications or credit monitoring for family members or others whose information was exposed in…
Most-Wanted Cybercriminal Extradited to U.S. From German Prison
Chris Strohm reports: The U.S. will get a rare chance to prosecute one of the world’s most-wanted cybercriminal suspects with the extradition of a Turkish man accused of orchestrating a global operation to hack automated teller machines. Ercan Findikoglu, 33, is being flown to New York on Tuesday after losing his fight against extradition from…
IE: Data-security breach notifications jumped 50% last year
The Irish Examiner reports: There was a 50% jump in the number of data-security breach notifications to the Data Protection Officer last year compared to 2013. The office also investigated controversies involving PPS numbers at Irish Water and the Department of Education, and engaged with the Department of Communications in relation to Eircode – the…
MS: State alerts school district that it’s exposing personal and sensitive student information
Kate Royals The Mississippi Department of Education is asking the Tunica County School District to alert parents and other community members after its students’ personal information was posted on the website. The information included social security numbers, medical and discipline data, Detention/Suspension Roster Summaries, Mississippi Student Information System numbers, disability status and more, according to…
EXCLUSIVE: Russian hackers claim they still own Detour Gold, dump more data
Update and Correction: The hacker(s) is/are likely not Russian, but Canadian. If you’ve been employed by Detour Gold at any time since 2007, your personal information may already have been acquired and dumped by Russian hackers – including your name, date of birth, salary information, employment details, and Social Insurance Number. And if your employment…
IE: Free GP care registration site suffers data breach
HISI reports: The HSE’s registration system for under-6s free GP care has suffered a data breach as parents registering their children for the new scheme could see an application made by another person. As required, the breach was reported to the Data Protection Commissioner after “a very small number of people” could view data relating to…