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Russian hospital programmer gets 14 years for leaking soldier data to Ukraine

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Dissent

Daryna Antoniuk reports: A Russian court sentenced a former hospital programmer to 14 years in a high-security penal colony for allegedly leaking personal data of Russian soldiers to Ukraine, authorities said. The court in the Russian Irkutsk region found 37-year-old Alexander Levchishin guilty of treason after he copied electronic medical records of Russian military personnel from…

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Texas Doctor Who Falsely Diagnosed Patients as Part of Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Dissent

How often have you read concerns that patient information can be used for fraudulent purposes or that patient records can be altered by wrongdoers?  Here’s a case where the wrongdoer is a doctor who altered patient records and inserted false diagnoses to defraud insurers — to the tune of over $118 million in false claims….

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Hack of Opexus Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Dissent

This breach may not turn out to be the biggest insider breach of 2025, but it may well turn out to be one of the most impactful.  Jason Leopold reports: A software company that handles sensitive data for nearly every US federal agency was the victim of a cyber breach earlier this year due to…

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Former Sussex Police officer facing trial for rape charged with 18 further offences relating to computer misuse

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Dissent

Matt Pole reports: A former Sussex Police officer, currently facing trial for rape and sexual assault charges following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation, has been charged with 18 further criminal offences. The IOPC said ex-PC Christopher Mallet, 40, who was a police constable based at Horsham, is due to appear at Guildford…

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Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data and are demanding $20 million ransom

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Dissent

Tanaya Macheel reports on what appears to be a very costly attack that involved bribing overseas agents: Coinbase on Thursday reported that cyber criminals bribed overseas support agents to steal customer data to use in social engineering attacks. The incident may cost Coinbase up to $400 million to fix, the company estimated. The crypto exchange operator…

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N.W.T.’s medical record system under the microscope after 2 reported cases of snooping

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Dissent

Sidney Cohen reports that both cases involved employees of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority: Medical records are among the most sensitive pieces of information that a government agency keeps on citizens. But these records are not impervious to snooping, as evidenced by two distinct cases reported this year by the Northwest Territories…

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