In May, 2015, federal prosecutors arrested Xiwen Huang, and charged him with corporate espionage. At the time, media reported: Huang worked for a company in New Jersey and later a company in Charlotte that he stole trade secret information from, according to court documents. Huang worked on “catalyst” technology for energy technology companies, investigators said. Prosecutors unveiled…
Category: Breach Incidents
Trustev claims data spotted for sale on dark web likely stolen from Experian/T-Mobile
After the OPM data breach was disclosed, there were reports that some of the stolen data had appeared on the dark web. Later those claims were found to be inaccurate. I wonder if we’re going to see that again with the Experian breach. Mark Sullivan reports: T-Mobile data stolen from the servers of credit bureau Experian is already showing…
Canadian physician facing disciplinary charges over snooping in patients’ records
There’s an update to a breach that I hadn’t read about back in June when it was first reported. The breach allegedly involves one doctor who improperly accessed two patients’ records held at Group Health Centre and Sault Area Hospital. But the allegations have some bizarre features, as SooToday reports: The hospital reported in June that an internal investigation into…
CA: John Gordon Baden sentenced for hacking mortgage broker, wire fraud
When John Gordon Baden was arrested in Mexico in November 2014, the FBI issued a press release that provided background on the case. The allegations reproduced below are only for historical purposes: John Gordon Baden along with his co-conspirators were allegedly responsible for stealing the identities of 40,000 people and then using the stolen information to…
Yet another insider breach at TD Bank. Paging regulators to Aisle 4…?
In a recent breach notification to New Hampshire’s Attorney General, TD Bank’s Head of U.S. Privacy & Social Media Compliance writes, in part: We recently learned that one of our employees obtained and inappropriately used confidential customer information and provided it to an unauthorized party not associated with TD Bank. The personal information they obtained…
Oops! Error by Systema Software exposes millions of records with insurance claims data and internal notes (Update3)
Insurance carriers, third party administrators (TPAs), and self-insureds had claims data exposed when a cloud-hosted claims management service inadvertently left their databases and files unprotected on a public server. Another week, another infosecurity failure that exposed oodles of personal information. This time, it’s a leak that not only exposed insurance claims data, but allegedly included internal documents that reveal how…