After a brief August hiatus, Privacy Monday is back with privacy
goofs, gaffes and tidbits to start your week.
Department of Energy Hacked — Again
Although the grid is supposed to be "critical
infrastructure" as part of the Obama Administration's
cybersecurity Executive Order, the Department of Energy revealed
that the agency's systems had been infiltrated by an attacker
recently. This attack compromised the personal information of
about 14,000 current and former employees. And worse,
it marks the second time this year that the
DOE's systems have been hacked.
In a notice emailed to employees, the DOE confirmed a recent
"cyber incident" that occurred at the end of July and
resulted in the "unauthorized disclosure" of federal
employees' personally identifiable information, such as names
and social security numbers. The agency said it believed the
breach affected the personal information of about 14,000 past and
current employees, but that no classified data
