New figures reveal five Jersey police officers have left the force in the past four years after snooping at islanders’ personal data. Three were dismissed and two resigned. Meanwhile in another case, one was reprimanded but kept their job, and another incident dating back two years still hasn’t been resolved. It’s led Deputy Mike Higgins…
Month: January 2014
Four Individuals Sentenced This Week for Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens
Four individuals were sentenced this week for their respective roles in trafficking the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico made the announcement. The sentencings took place in front…
Guccifer Arrested: Marcel Lazăr Lehel ID’d As Hacker Who Uncovered George W. Bush Paintings, Colin Powell Affair Allegations
Howard Koplowitz reports: Guccifer, the hacker who infiltrated the email accounts of influential Americans and released former President George W. Bush’s paintings and exposed an alleged affair of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, was arrested Wednesday in Romania. Guccifer has been identified as 42-year-old Marcel Lazăr Lehel, a former cab driver who was sentenced…
Official PERL Blogs hacked, 2,924 Author Credentials Leaked by ICR
Today the Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICR) has announced a breach on the official Perl blogs (https://blogs.perl.org) The breach has seen 2,924 user account credentials published to quickleak.org as well as the blog having a deface page added but was not obtrusive to the actually website. In the release note posted by the hackers they state the…
Ca: Medicentres laptop with info on 620,000 patients was stolen in September. NOW they tell them?
CBC News reports: A laptop with the unencrypted personal health information of 620,000 Albertans was stolen last September, Health Minister Fred Horne announced Wednesday. The laptop contained the names, dates of birth, provincial health card numbers, billing codes and diagnostic codes of the individuals seen at Medicentres between May 2, 2011, and Sept. 10, 2013….
Connecticut Appellate Court affirms denial of coverage under CGL policy for data breach
Michael A. Hamilton and Christopher J. DiIenno of Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton LLC discuss a case that pre-dates this blog but litigation over the insurer’s obligations has only recently resulted in an appellate ruling: As more data breaches and information security events occur, the insurance industry will see more disputes over whether losses…