Here’s a case where the misuse of a law enforcement database may have added to the sentencing. Matt Okamus provides a follow-up to a breach previously mentioned on this blog: A former Montgomery Police Department officer was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison with two years of supervised release Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney…
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CORRECTION to Story on Summit Medical Group
When I goof, I goof. The other day, I posted an entry on Summit Medical Group. In that entry, I quoted from a published media source, but somehow mis-read the story and thought it concerned a laptop stolen from an employee’s car. The breach did not involve a stolen laptop – these were paper documents,…
No decision on Casey Anthony jail video
Anthony Colarossi reports: Chief Judge Belvin Perry heard arguments about whether jailhouse video of Casey Anthony should be unsealed and released to the public Wednesday, but he recessed court without ruling on the issue. The video shows Anthony’s response upon learning that the remains of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie were found in the woods…
Sony did not breach Australian Privacy law, says Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim
Chris Griffith reports: SONY Computer Entertainment Australia did not breach the Privacy Act when it fell victim to a cyber-attack, Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has found. In a report released this afternoon, Mr Pilgrim found “no evidence that Sony intentionally disclosed any personal information to a third party”. “Rather, its Network Platform was hacked into,”…
TRICARE discloses SAIC breach: stolen backup tapes held data on 4.9 million (updated)
TRICARE, the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide, issued the following public statement on their web site: STATEMENT On September 14, 2011, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) reported a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) impacting an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients. The information…
TRICARE discloses SAIC breach: backup tapes held data on 4.9 million
TRICARE, the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide, issued the following public statement on their web site: STATEMENT On September 14, 2011, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) reported a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) impacting an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients….