Here’s a story I missed last week, but thankfully, Ryan Mrazik tweeted a link to it: It’s that awkward situation just about anyone with a cell or smart phone has experienced – making or receiving a “butt call” through an inadvertent touch of a screen. But such an accidental call from the chairman of the…
Category: Breaches
California AG Charges Operator of Revenge-Porn Site (updated)
Cheryl Miller reports: Agents with the California Department of Justice on Tuesday arrested the San Diego owner and operator of a revenge-porn website, the first such arrest in state history, according to the attorney general’s office. Kevin Bollaert, 27, was charged with 31 felony counts of conspiracy, identity theft and extortion in connection with his…
Ca: School privacy breaches preventable, commissioner says
CBC News reports: Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says Horizon School Division needs to make some changes after two privacy breaches involving students. Privacy Commissioner Gary Dickson said staff at Ituna school knew of the breaches, but have done nothing about them. In one case the school had been using paper it had recycled in the office,…
Hacker group targets Woodstock police sergeant
Chelsea McDougall reports that Anonymous has started a Twitter campaign targeting a police sergeant in the Woodstock (Illinois) Police Department: An international hacker group caught wind of an ongoing scandal at the Woodstock Police Department and has launched an aggressive Twitter campaign to get a sergeant there fired. On its Twitter page, Anonymous is asking…