Irish Times reports: A former official with the National Asset Management Agency who leaked potentially sensitive information has been given a two year suspended sentence. Enda Farrell (40) sent confidential information about the Nama valuation of hundreds of properties to named individuals in the investment companies QED Equity Ltd and Canaccord Genuity. Read more on Irish Times.
Month: May 2016
Woman Claims Rapist Found Her Through Car Dealership
This may be one for the “small breach, big harm” files. Robert Kovacik and Mary Harris report on a lawsuit in Los Angeles filed by a woman who alleges that her rapist got her address and information from a Mercedes car dealership where he worked and where she brought her car for servicing. According to the plaintiff, the…
Outrage as Mirotvorets site leaks personal info of ‘terrorist-collaborating journalists’
RT reports: Governments, NGOs and journalists across the globe have condemned a leak of personal data of more than 4,000 media staff, accused by pro-Kiev activists of “collaborating with terrorists” for their reporting from war-torn eastern Ukraine. The names on the list include people working for respectable outlets, such as news agencies AFP, AP and…
Experian/Court Ventures/InfoSearch identity theft lawsuit remanded to state court
On Friday, U.S. District Judge James Selna sent a lawsuit against Experian, Court Ventures, and InfoSearch back to Orange County Superior Court, denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss outright. The case is Patton v. Experian, and I blogged about it when it was first filed last year. I’ve also blogged, in the past, about how outrageous it…
UK: Coventry hospital apologizes after 24 patients’ medical records found dumped in city bin
Catherine Lillington reports: Medical records of 24 hospital patients have been found dumped in a bin in Coventry. An investigation has now been launched following the discovery of the confidential University Hospital paperwork last week. The location of the bin has not been disclosed, but is not on the hospital site itself. How the information ended up…
UK: Drumchapel social worker’s laptop and notebook with confidential information found left in the street
Tristan Stewart-Robertson reports that a Drumchapel Social Work staff member’s bag with a laptop and notebook with confidential information about child clients and their families was found in the street by a member of the public on April 22. This includes full names, dates, medical issues and even criminal histories of children and families in…