From wort.lu: President of the Luxembourg Pirate Party Sven Clement on Wednesday goes on trial for data theft and violation of data traffic laws, after stealing the password to a medical database in 2012. The incident dates back to January 2012, when a hacker gained access to over 48,000 medical files on licenced athletes in…
Month: September 2014
LA: IberiaBank accuses former executives of stealing sensitive data
Billy Gunn reports: IberiaBank Corp. is accusing two former executives of a bank it purchased this year of stealing customer and business information and giving the sensitive data to JD Bank, a Jennings-based business rival formerly known as Jeff Davis Bank & Trust. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Lafayette, IberiaBank claims…
KY: Owensboro medical practice reports patient data stolen by former employees
T.J. Parker reports: An Owensboro medical group is investigating a data breach after learning that former employees allegedly stole information from about 3,000 patients. Officials say they’re doing everything they can to protect their patients. Director of Research for Owensboro Medical Practice, Timothy Hillard, says he found out former employees of Doctor Vora allegedly stole…
Ca: Employer liability for privacy breaches by employees
Daniel Mayer writes: A class action was recently allowed to proceed in Ontario against a major bank after one of its employees admitted to accessing and disclosing to third parties confidential information of the bank’s customers. While this case is not a final decision as to whether the bank was actually liable for its employee’s…
CareCentrix notifies home care patients after their information found in possession of former employee who had been arrested
Hartford-based CareCentrix, Inc. is a home care network that contracts with health plans to provide home care services for their insured members. In that context, CareCentrix has access to personal and protected health information of those to whom they provide services. On August 11, law enforcement contacted CareCentrix and informed them that a former employee had…
JP: Hackers access Justice Ministry data on bullying
JiJi reports: The Justice Ministry has revealed one of its computer networks was hacked and that some information may have been stolen. The ministry is assessing the extent of the damage, officials said Monday, adding that data on school bullying, abuse and other human rights violations may have been downloaded. Read more on The Japan…