Peter Fleischer predicts: When Apollo wanted to stop Laokoon from warning the Trojans that there were Greek soldiers in the famous Trojan Horse, he sent two giant snakes to kill Laokoon and his sons. Talk about sanctions! Have we considered using killer snakes to punish data protection violations and to discourage future bad practices? Since…
Category: Breaches
Tax fraud victims sue IRS for refund
Elaine Silvestrini reports that some victims of ID theft/tax refund fraud are mad as hell – at the IRS – and they’re not going to take it any more: As far as Jay Gordon is concerned, the Internal Revenue Service was the victim of someone who used Gordon’s identity to commit tax fraud, and now…
Is Privacy Act Violated as Voting War’s GOP Hit Man is Fed Leaks By Justice Department Mole?
Steven Rosenfeld writes: A crusading GOP critic of the Obama Justice Department’s Voting Section, Hans von Spakovsky, has admitted to having Department sources that are leaking apparently confidential and highly personal information that he is using to viciously attack Voting Section staff and to smear the Department at large. Leaking such information — including details…
You be the judge: how bad was this breach?
Because I’m still troubled by what appears to be minimization of a breach experienced by the New York City Public Advocate‘s office, I’ve decided to disclose some of what was dumped on the web by @LulzOps as part of the #AntiSec movement. I am redacting identifying information, but as you read this, keep in mind…