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September 21st, 2006

DOE Hit By Hackers and Covered Up

Ahah! More government cover-ups? This one was a while back too.
Digging on those archives right now yah.
A hacker stole a file containing the names and Social Security numbers of 1,500 people working for the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons agency, scary eh?
The US government security really does scare me sometimes, their internal departments have some of [...]

September 7th, 2006

Hacking Still Can’t Outdo Stupidity for Data Leaks

Can you believe this the provincial government in British Columbia has managed to auction off a set of data tapes containing people’s social insurance numbers, dates of birth and medical records among other information.

The provincial government has auctioned off computer tapes containing thousands of highly sensitive records, including information about people’s medical conditions, their social [...]