UPI reports: An Arizona county is trying to get reliable data on whether its employees are smokers by testing saliva, a move some workers are resisting. “They gotta do what they gotta do, but it is kind of an invasion of our privacy,” Dee Webber, a Maricopa County accounting employee and admitted smoker, told The…
CA: 200 ID Theft Cases Traced to Burger Joint
Sam Cohen reports: Vacaville investigators are asking diners of a burger restaurant to check their bank statements following a string of identity thefts. Almost 200 people have been identified as victims in this identity theft case. Cops were first alerted to it in early March, and traced the credit card number thefts back to Nation’s…
GAO Report: “Information Security: IRS Needs to Enhance Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Taxpayer Data”
A new GAO report indicates that the IRS still needs to do more to improve security. The summary of their report, emphasis added by me: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a demanding responsibility in collecting taxes, processing tax returns, and enforcing the nation’s tax laws. It relies extensively on computerized systems to support its…
UK: Wolverhampton City Council breached Data Protection Act; Confidential records dumped in skip
From the ICO: Wolverhampton City Council breached the Data Protection Act by allowing confidential personal information to be disposed of in a skip, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO first became aware of the breach in October 2010 when a local newspaper reported that council documents containing names, dates of birth, bank…
UK: Wolverhampton City Council breached Data Protection Act; Confidential records dumped in skip
From the ICO: Wolverhampton City Council breached the Data Protection Act by allowing confidential personal information to be disposed of in a skip, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO first became aware of the breach in October 2010 when a local newspaper reported that council documents containing names, dates of birth, bank…
Zeus computer virus nabs Social Security numbers from Virginia Tech computer
Tonia Moxley reports that a computer in Virginia Tech controller’s office was infected by a virus that sent Social Security numbers and some financial data on current and former employees overseas before it was detected: About 370 people were affected, and all have been notified by mail of the security breach. The university will pay…