An update on a previously noted insider breach case. From NBC24: A former ProMedica respiratory therapist has been convicted in federal court of illegally obtaining health information while employed at Bay Park Hospital. A trial began against Jamie Knapp, 27, began on Monday in U.S. District Court in Toledo. The former ProMedica employee was tried…
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Abingdon Avon employee arrested a month after a data breach
There’s a follow-up to an investigation noted previously on this site. KWQC reports that the he Abingdon-Avon School District’s IT Director has been arrested just a month after the district revealed it was investigating an employee for a data breach impacting student grades and grade point averages (GPAs). Court records show Mark L. Rodgers is charged with…
Payroll company employee stole customer funds, feds claim
Robert Patrick reports: An employee of a payroll processing company changed clients’ account information to re-direct their pay, an indictment filed Wednesday says. Courtland Iverson and Romel Handson were each indicted on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Read more on: St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The payroll processing firm is not named in…
AU: Queensland creep cops charged with snooping through police records
Darren Pauli reports: Police in the northern Australian state of Queensland have been busted accessing citizens’ police files a huge number of times, in some cases without authorisation. The breaches include the accessing of a bikini model and social justice warrior’s QPrime database file some 1,435 times. Former Miss Bikini World contestant Renee Eaves previously…
Hackers Steal Air India Frequent-Flyer Miles Worth $24,000
Sputnik News reports: Unknown hackers broke into the loyalty program of Indian airlines and robbed at least 20 accounts of frequent-flyer miles worth Rs 1.6 million ($23,745). Delhi Police, who are investigating the case, said that the intruders created 20 email IDs and diverted the reward points earned by Air India’s passengers, with possible help from present or…
Ca: Personal Health Data Breach Triggers Trillium Hospital Class Action
The following is a press release: A proposed class action for a breach of privacy has been commenced against Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga Ophthalmologist Dr. Tony Vettese, and his assistant, Lisa Lyons. Mississauga businesswoman and Trillium patient Katie Mallinson has alleged that Lyons used her access to Trillium’s entire database to secretly review the confidential…