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Former Weber State U. student pleads guilty in computer security breach

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Dissent

An update to a previously noted breach. Michael Anderson Kruse reports: Former Weber State University student Joseph Langford pleaded guilty to burglary on Tuesday morning. The Weber County attorneys charged Langford in connection with a theft and security breach in the WSU College of Science in April. Judge Scott Hadley set the sentencing date for…

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Yet More IRS Employees Busted for Stealing Taxpayers’ Identities

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Dissent

J.D. Tuccille writes: It’s hard to keep up with the privacy-threatening shenanigans at the Internal Revenue Service, but let’s give it a try. Just days after revealing that the tax agency’s failure to follow its own rules put the private data of 1.4 million people at risk, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration publicized the…

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UK: Ardrossan cop breaches Data Protection Act but avoids prosecution

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Dissent

The Ardrossan Herald reports: A local police officer has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after a dispute between neighbours, it emerged this week. But John Gribben, of Ardrossan, will not be prosecuted in court after it was found he had unlawfully accessed information using police computer systems. The 44-year-old…

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JM: Computer technician in billion-dollar tax theft returns to court today

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Dissent

The Jamaica Observer reports: Christopher Moore, the former Tax Administration Jamaica employee, who reportedly caused the Government to lose in excess of $1 billion in tax revenues, will again appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today. Allegations are that, between October and December 2013, Moore gained access to the main taxing system for…

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UK: Three Aberdeen council workers sacked for breaching data protection rules

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Dissent

David Ewen reports: Three Aberdeen council workers have been sacked for accessing private information about people, the Evening Express can reveal today. The former employees of Aberdeen City Council got their marching orders after breaching the Data Protection Act. A further nine members of staff were reprimanded for misconduct, which included leaking information from a…

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Ex-wife of former Pacific Grove police commander sentenced to prison for identity theft, fraud

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Dissent

Ana Ceballas reports: Kristin Nyunt, the ex-wife of a former Pacific Grove police commander, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison Tuesday for fraud, identity theft and several other charges. Upon reviewing “tens of thousands of emails and text messages” and financial documents, the FBI and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office…

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