A Strathclyde Police officer accused of lying to help protect his lover carried out a check on his partner using an official database, a court has heard. Det Supt Shona Bassano told Glasgow Sheriff Court that Pc Steven Smith searched for his boyfriend David Brydon on the Scottish Intelligence Database. Read more on BBC.
Category: Breach Incidents
Class-action suit filed against UH over data breaches
Gene Park reports: The University of Hawaii is now the target of a class-action lawsuit filed today, as a result of recent data breaches. The main plaintiff in the case, Philippe Gross, was a student at the Manoa campus from 1990 through 1998. He said four other names have been attached to his social security…
MN: Last of seven plead guilty to credit card fraud scheme targeting people at Minnesota restaurants
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota: The last of seven defendants pleaded guilty earlier today in federal court in St. Paul in connection with a credit card skimming operation that resulted in an estimated loss of more than $150,000. Appearing before United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle, Nancia Raquel Range, age 34,…
Malaysian National Indicted for Hacking into Federal Reserve Bank
The Dept. of Justice issued the following press release about a case noted earlier today on this blog: Defendant’s Criminal Activities Extended to the National Security Sector A four-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn today charging Lin Mun Poo, a resident and citizen of Malaysia, with hacking into a computer…
Stolen laptop contained Hanger Orthopedic Group employee data
Through their lawyers at Foley & Lardner, Austin-headquartered Hanger Orthopedic Group (NYSE- HGR) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop stolen earlier this month contained employee information. By letter dated November 12, the firm reported that a laptop was stolen from an employee in the Human Resources Department on November 4. The…
Two years after a hacking incident, firm learns that employee data were accessed
Tennessee-based EOD Technology (EODT) recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach that occurred in August 2008. No, that’s not a typo: 2008. By letter dated November 12, the firm reported that in August 2008, they became aware that one of their computers had been accessed by an individual or individuals outside…