Speaking of a contractor’s employees exceeding authorized access, Chidanand Rajghatta reports that a Wisconsin federal jury slapped a $940-million penalty, including $700 million in punitive damages, on Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for allegedly stealing healthcare software from an American company, Epic Systems. Epic Systems, a US-based electronics medical records vendor, had accused TCS of stealing documents and…
Month: April 2016
Teen hackers 30+ years later
Whatever happened to the teen hackers of the 1980s known as the Inner Circle? Matt Novak takes a look back and where two of them are now.
Hack of ShapeShift Bitcoin Trader Was Inside Job, Says CEO
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Last week we reported on a data breach that forced Bitcoin trader ShapeShift to temporarily shut down operations. In an update provided on Reddit, ShapeShift CEO, Erik Voorhees, says the attacker had help from a company employee. “Since the investigation into the ShapeShift hack last week started, we had suspicion that someone previously on…
RI: ABC6 Personnel Record Breach Leads to State Police Investigation, 4 Fired and 3 Suspended
GoLocalProv reports: A breach of highly confidential personnel records at ABC6 has lead to an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police, the firing for four members of the news organization and three suspensions. Included in the firings is Alexandra Cowley, the anchor for the evening news and an emerging star in the Providence television…
IRS Employees Arrested for Fraudulent Tax Returns
Two long-time IRS employees were arrested yesterday at the IRS facility in Fresno as they came to work. On April 14, 2015, a 38-count indictment was brought against Della Ornelas, 48, and Randall Ruff, 52, both of Fresno, charging them with aiding others in the preparation of false tax returns, and making their own fraudulent tax…
Feds made 5,670 privacy breaches last year; CRA worst offender
CTV reports: New documents show that the private information of tens of thousands of people was mishandled by the federal government last year, including hundreds of taxpayer files inappropriately accessed by employees of the Canada Revenue Agency, which was the worst offender. Read the detailed findings on CTV. I can’t help it. I’m reading the above…