Bradley Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of military and diplomatic documents, will have a first hearing before a military court next month, the Pentagon said Monday. Manning, who has spent the past year-and-a-half in prison, is to appear before a December 16 tribunal in Fort Meade, Maryland, just…
Confidential files from Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission found in public trash bin
AP reports: The state government watchdog says confidential personal information was found in documents from a job agency for Ohioans with disabilities that were discovered in an outdoor trash bin. A spokesman for Inspector General Randall Meyer said it was unclear Monday how many Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission records were involved and that the office…
AT&T Customers Targeted by Hack Attack, Company Says
A handful of AT&T customers were targeted Monday by an organized hacking attack that was ultimately unsuccessful, a company spokesman tells FoxNews.com. “We recently detected what could have been an organized attempt to obtain information on a number of customer accounts,” AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told FoxNews.com. “The people in question appear to have used…
Inspector General Tells National Credit Union Administration to Beef Up Security and Privacy Protections
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the United States independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions. Claude R. Marx reports: The NCUA needs to do a more thorough review of how it protects the privacy of its computer users and data, according to a report by the agency’s Office of Inspector…
Another Dump of email accounts
Yeah another dump of email accounts from an unknown source, unknown website and reasons. Leak contains emails, cleartext passwords. Be sure to use CTRL+F for quick search. https://pastebin.com/QESB5Mv7
Healthcare breaches: Do they even matter?
George V. Hulme reports: While the healthcare industry moves to invest billions into electronic health records, a steady trail of breaches and broken promises of security is starting to take its toll on patient trust. Trust, perhaps, but not willingness to have their records stored electronically? Do all of the breach reports change patients’ behavior or choice…