Matt Kadosh reports: A Nutley man and retired police officer, who admitted to selling personally identifiable information stolen from a law enforcement database, has been ordered to serve two years of probation for his role in the crime. Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin cited 52-year-old retired Newark Police Officer Dino D’Elia’s four prior arrests and…
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Former employee reportedly steals mental health data on 28,434 Bexar County patients
Samantha Ehlinger reports: The Center for Health Care Services in San Antonio is notifying 28,434 local patients whose Social Security numbers, mental health and other sensitive records were stolen when a former employee allegedly took the data on his personal laptop after he was fired, the company said in a news release. The mental health…
Inside the Stanford Breach: Sexual Assault, Disciplinary and Financial Data Exposed
A series of cybersecurity vulnerabilities at Stanford University exposed thousands of sensitive files containing details of sexual assault investigations, disciplinary actions and more. The details of what happened—and why it should be an object lesson for higher education. A special three-part blog series. Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap writes: Part 1 In three separate…
Man who tried to free friend by hacking into prison system, gets caught, and yeah…. now he’s likely to join his friend inside
Iain Thomson reports: A Michigan man who hacked into his local prison’s computing system to gain early release for a friend is facing his own time inside after getting caught. Konrads Voits, 27, pled guilty to hacking charges after installing malware on the Washtenaw County government computer system in an attempt to get a friend…
Poor incident response? Bad PR, Monday edition
If you can’t prevent a breach, can’t you at least fake genuine concern? You know, the “At <blahblahblah>, we take your privacy and security very seriously” bit? Mark Flamme reports on a Key Bank breach where the bank’s response to notification of a problem is at least as problematic as the breach itself. After a…
Lawsuit claims Bend nurse shared confidential medical records
Kyle Spurr reports: St. Charles Health System is being sued for $500,000 by a patient who claims a nurse illegally shared his private health information without his permission. Jason Miller was receiving treatment at St. Charles Bend on May 15, 2016, for injuries related to an all-terrain vehicle accident. A nurse not assigned to him,…