Almendra Carpizo reports: A former Chico State University student is accused of a series of “bizarre and twisted” crimes that include urinating on his roommates’ bedding, hacking a student’s school account to drop the person’s classes and stealing nude photographs from a female student. Daniel Deluna-Martinez, 27, of Hamilton City, pleaded not guilty Thursday in…
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“Denver VA blames TV station for data breach”
I was waiting to see what would happen with this one. Now I know. In a story headlined “Denver VA blames TV station for data breach,” Tom Roeder reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver is blaming a television station for a data breach that officials say compromised the personal information of 508 patients….
California Department of Business Oversight accidentally disclosed personal information to public records requestors
California’s Department of Business Oversight is notifying some investment advisers and dealer-brokers that due to a redaction error on the department’s part, their Social Security numbers were sent to public records requestors. The breach, which occurred on January 5, was not discovered until March 11, and the department does not indicate how it first became aware…
NY: Bronx men sentenced for stealing Westchester IDs, $850K
There’s an update to an ID theft case involving rogue bank employees at a number of banks in New York. The case was previously reported on this site. Matt Spillane now reports: Tyrone “Reece” Lee and Anthony “Sug” Davis impersonated Westchester residents in their last gig, but their names won’t be mistaken at their next stop….
FBI: St. Louis County police union hacker had gun, made threats
Robert Patrick reports: A local man accused of launching an attack that disabled a St. Louis County police union website had a gun when arrested and made several threats about shooting law enforcement, an FBI agent said Thursday. FBI agents arrested Justin E. Payne, 32, Tuesday on a single misdemeanor charge of unauthorized damage to…
Hattiesburg Clinic issues statement regarding HIPAA breach
It’s still too easy for bad actors and others to download ePHI onto thumb drives. And do most covered entities even realize it has happened or is happening? WDAM in Mississippi reports that Hattiesburg Clinic has been notifying patients of unauthorized access to their records by a former optometry provider who allegedly accessed their records to send…