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Author: Dissent

Banks Complicit in Fraud — Is it Systemic?

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dissent

Naomi Wolf has followed up on her recent column about her experiences with WaMu and fraud by describing her shock at discovering how widespread such problems are and the e-mails she received from readers. Well, I certainly now felt less alone — but far more outraged and alarmed, on behalf of all of us, especially…

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OH: Woman Charged With Stealing ID of Job-Seekers

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dissent

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a woman preyed on people who were down on their luck and looking for work. On Wednesday, prosecutors announced charges against Chantay Ware, 26. Ware was indicted on one count each of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to investigators, Ware worked for HMS Host, which operated the…

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With No Harm Threshold, Nearly All Breaches Substantiated in CA

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dissent

Dom Nicastro provides some interesting data from California, where there is no “harm threshold” in mandated reporting requirements for breaches involving medical records: Since California’s new law went into effect last year, the state has received 3,766 breach reports. …. California’s investigations team has completed reviews of 1,953. It found that 98.7% of those breaches…

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Moffitt reviewing 492 patient records in privacy breach

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dissent

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

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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AU: Hacker hits other councils across Ballarat region (update)

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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