From Fuseworks Media: Some schools have been sent the full payroll information of other schools this week in what appears to be a significant privacy breach by Novopay, the school payroll service. The principal of Hamilton West School, Mark Penman, says his school was sent a payroll report known as the SUE report, containing the…
Month: November 2016
PA: Blue Bell man admits tampering with Gwynedd Mercy computer system
On October 17, Kaitlyn Foti reported: A former faculty member of Gwynedd Mercy University was given probation after admitting to harassment by hacking into the school’s intranet. Edward Michael Shaffer, 54, of the 200 block of Pebble Beach Place in Blue Bell, pleaded guilty to a summary offense of harassment charge Monday in Montgomery County…
NC: Two Men Sentenced To Prison On Wire Fraud Conspiracy Charges For Attempting To Steal More Than $1.3 Million Through Unauthorized Wire Transfers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jamel Ski Yates, a/k/a “Goo,” 43, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 36 months in prison on federal wire fraud conspiracy charges for attempting to steal more than $1.3 million through unauthorized wire transfers, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
Personal health information taken from locked area: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (UPDATE 1)
Katherine Dow reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is set to release further details after personal health information was taken from a locked area earlier this month. The authority said those affected have been notified. This comes after the WRHA dealt with multiple security breaches in January. The first breach came on Jan. 14 when…
Mapco Data Breach Class-Action: How To Get Your Settlement
There’s a follow-up to a 2013 payment card breach involving MAPCO that was followed by litigation. Now the litigation has resulted in a settlement offer, it seems. J.R. Lind reports: To qualify, you must reside in the United States and your personal or financial data was stolen from Mapco’s data systems and if you were damaged…
Centrelink apologizes for new privacy breach
From the oi-veh dept., Noel Towell reports: Centrelink has apologised to hundreds of users of the myGov web portal after their contact details were shared with hundreds of strangers – twice. The latest federal government data breach is being blamed on a rookie email error, someone at the giant Department of Human Services hitting the CC button on an email…