Los Angeles County coroner’s officials said Wednesday that they have discovered security breaches involving the investigation into Michael Jackson’s death, including hundreds of improper views of the pop star’s death certificate and the discovery of weaknesses in two other computer systems in which more sensitive records are stored. At least half a dozen staff members…
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DoD Pushes Ahead With E-Health System
A personal health records pilot test by the Department of Defense has been successful, and the military is now determining how to expand it more widely. The service, called MiCare, is still in pilot mode at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash. Plans call for it to be expanded to the Hampton Roads, Va.,…
Report Offers Principles for Maintaining the Integrity And Accessibility of Research Data
Press release from the National Academies: Though digital technologies and high-speed communications have significantly expanded the capabilities of scientists — allowing them to analyze and share vast amounts of data — these technologies are also raising difficult questions for researchers, institutions, and journals. Because digital data can be manipulated more easily than other forms, they…
AmEx employee stole 300 card numbers
One by one, three of the five suspects involved in a major credit card and identity theft scheme were arraigned Wednesday night before Judge Scott Hunter in Canfield. The suspects include the mother-daughter duo of Christine Alkire, 49, and Danielle Lancia, 27, along with 22-year-old Lamar Phenizy, all accused of purchasing approximately $25,000 with more…
NY Life Insurance hit by ID thief
Stephanie Fahlgren is under arrest for allegedly stealing personal information from dozens of New York Life Insurance policy holders and using the data for shopping sprees, according to federal authorities. Federal investigators say she acquired the username and password of a Sacramento insurance agent, which she used to get access to client information from her…
FL man pleads guilty to credit card fraud
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, announced that Maikel Soto, 29, of Homestead, Florida, has pled guilty to conspiring to commit more than $1 million in credit card fraud throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, in violation of…