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…
Category: Breaches
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…
UK: Detective from Croxley Green charged with data protection offences
Wow… two in two days. What’s going on? Have the police suddenly decided that taking offenses more seriously and letting the public know they’re doing so is the way to go? Adam Binnie reports: A detective based in Watford has been charged with a series of data protection offences. Adrian Moir, 45, from Croxley Green,…
UK: Sgt Allan Jackson charged with data protection breach
BBC reports: A Strathclyde Police officer has been charged with illegally obtaining personal information about a man suspected of having a gun. Sgt Allan Jackson, 44, allegedly ordered two constables to access police records and tell him whether the man held a firearms certificate. At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, he denied knowingly or recklessly breaching the…