Lindsay Peterson reports: Moffitt Cancer Center is contacting 492 of its patients after learning an employee falsified at least one patient’s signature on a consent form for a cancer research study. Moffitt discovered the falsification July 29, and immediately began looking into the records of 6,464 patients who are enrolled in the 4-year-old research study,…
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German prosecutors seek suspended sentence for No Angels singer
A prosecutor called Wednesday for a suspended jail term for German pop star Nadja Benaissa on trial for hiding her HIV status from her sexual partners and infecting one of them with the virus. Prosecutor Peter Liesenfeld called for a two-year suspended sentence for grievous bodily harm during closing arguments in the trial of the…
AU: Hacker hits other councils across Ballarat region (update)
Benjamin Preiss reports that Ballarat Council was not the only council to have had their network compromised: Councils throughout western Victoria are counting the cost of a security breach to their online networks. The councils have undertaken security reviews and may conduct upgrades following illegal access to their systems. Yesterday it remained unclear how much…
NYC D.A. announces 147-count indictment in case involving 800 stolen credit reports
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. announced the indictment of Iguosade Osahon, 28, for stealing more than $500,000 by exploiting stolen identity information over a three-year period. Osahon stole the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of more than 750 individuals to obtain at least 800 credit reports, which in turn he…
Disused hard drives strewn about at Oak Ridge, says IG
David Perera reports: Disused hard drives potentially carrying sensitive unclassified information have been scattered in unsecure locations within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, says a new Energy Department inspector general report. The report, dated August 16 and based on work auditors conducted from January through April of this year, says the lab has lacked internal…
UK: DSG Retail customer credit agreements found in skip
Electronics retailer DSG has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), following the discovery of customers’ credit agreements in or near a skip at one of the company’s PC World stores. The discovery of eight completed credit agreements containing customers’ personal and financial data was made by…