Paul Sperry reports: Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian intelligence, knowledgeable sources say. What started out 16 months ago as a scandal involving the alleged theft of computer equipment from Congress has turned into a national-security investigation involving…
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AU: Perth woman wants PathWest employee ‘sacked’ for revealing records
David Allan-Petale reports: A Perth woman is calling for a female PathWest employee to be “summarily dismissed” after revealing she released confidential medical test results to a man they had both been in a relationship with. The woman, calling herself Suzanne to protect her identity, spoke to 6PR’s Gareth Parker on Tuesday and said around eighteen months…
Sg: Ex-financial adviser fined for data breach
K.C. Vijayan reports: A former financial consultant was fined $1,000 for breaching data protection laws by disposing of clients’ insurance policy-related documents in a rubbish bin in a residential estate. The Commissioner for Data Protection had launched a probe after receiving a complaint on Oct 10 last year that Prudential folders were recovered from a…
UK: Hospital staff sacked for prying on patients’ medical records in Suffolk and Colchester hospitals
Tom Bristow reports: Hospital staff have been dismissed and suspended for looking up patients’ confidential medical information. They are among hundreds of data protection breaches reported by the NHS in Suffolk and North Essex in the last two years. No harm was done in the majority of cases but the most common serious breaches involved…
UK: Midwifery assistant guilty of spying on 29 patients’ medical records from Harwich and Colchester
Vicky Gayle reports: A midwifery assistant who described herself as nosy snooped into 29 people’s medical records including a man who had taken an overdose and parents of her children’s friends. Brioney Woolfe was reported to the head of midwifery at Colchester General Hospital when someone discovered their medical records had been shared with her…
Revenge Hacks Cost Former Employee 34 Months in Prison, $1.1 Million in Damages
There’s a follow-up on a case involving a vengeful former employee that I’ve previously noted. Catalin Cimpanu reports: Brian P. Johnson, 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will have to spend the next 34 months in federal prison and pay $1,134,828 in damages after hacking his former employer shortly after being fired. According to court documents,…