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Author: Dissent

Nabbed over credit card fraud

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dissent

A Malaysian man wanted in the United States for credit card fraud amounting to US$150 million (S$223 million) was arrested by the Thai authorities and US Secret Service agents on Tuesday. According to local media, the man, whom Post Today identified as Gooi Kok Seng, was nabbed on the outskirts of Bangkok. Police said a…

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PG doc indicted on ID theft charges

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dissent

Joe Pyrah reports: A former clinical director of the Utah State Developmental Center in American Fork has been federally indicted on charges of identity theft and locally on charges of forcible sex abuse. Martin Joseph MacNeill, 52, and Gypsy Jyll Willis, aka Jillian Giselle MacNeill, 32, were indicted by a federal grand jury and arrested…

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PA: Police: School data hacked, grades altered

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dissent

Pottsville police anticipate filing charges against one or more computer hackers who unlawfully made changes to an online grading system used by Pottsville Area School District. “You had some people who hacked into a school-functioned, online site and found ways to change data that was put in there,” Pottsville police Capt. Ronald J. Moser said…

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Privacy groups urge politicians to ensure safeguards for health IT

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dissent

Andrew Noyes reports on Nextgov: Privacy and civil liberties advocates are urging lawmakers working on the forthcoming economic stimulus package to ensure that any language to spur adoption of electronic medical records includes meaningful security safeguards. The American Civil Liberties Union, Consumer Action, the National Association of Social Workers, Patient Privacy Rights and others sent…

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TX: Dumpster diver finds old medical records

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dissent

Jessica Willey reports: It is information no one would want scattered on papers in a parking lot, much less thrown away in a dumpster for anyone to find. Medical records were found behind a 99 Cents store in southwest Houston putting people’s identities at risk. “This has got Social Security numbers, Medicare numbers. That’s pretty…

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Jobs’ medical leave: right to privacy vs right to know

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Dissent

Sam Diaz writes on ZDnet: Steve Jobs dropped a bombshell of an announcement yesterday when he revealed that his medical condition was more complex than he’d previously known and that he was leaving his post as Apple CEO through the end of June so he could focus on his health. The announcement, in the form…

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