Peter Eisler reports: Prisons in eight states let convicts work in jobs that give them access to Social Security numbers and other personal information for the public, despite years of warnings that the practice should end, a federal audit finds. Most of the prisoners hold jobs processing public records for federal, state and local governments,…
Category: Breaches
Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely
Kevin Poulsen reports on what at first blush, seemed to be just an interesting story of a disgruntled former employee’s revenge….. until you think about the security implications and wonder whether car buyers knew that a device had been installed on their cars…. More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or…
ESPN reporter’s stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison
Linda Deutsch of the Associated Press reports: An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison before giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim. Michael David Barrett pleaded guilty in December to interstate stalking after prosecutors accused…
Florida agency employee caught snooping in database
Elgin Jones reports: A Florida Department of Law Enforcement analyst has been suspended for allegedly using critical law-enforcement databases to look up private information about her co-workers, their families and even at least one private citizen. Government Analyst Jeanette Espinosa admitted using different databases to obtain information on her supervisors, other FDLE agents, their spouses…