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California man pleads guilty to wire fraud for $1 million fraud scheme to steal from his employer

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Dissent

Today’s reminder of the insider threat: Seattle – A 43-year-old Laguna Niguel, California man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to wire fraud for his scheme to steal nearly $1 million from his employer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Paul Joseph Welch was the IT manager of Kent, Washington energy…

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Saskatoon children’s hospital nurse unlawfully snooped on records of 314 patients: privacy report

Posted on May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 by Dissent

Brandon Harder provides this morning’s reminder of the insider threat: Without legal authority, a nurse who worked at Saskatoon’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital snooped on the private medical records of 314 patients, according to a recent report. The report, dated April 23 and signed by Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski, states that…

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Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office Employee On Leave, Suspected In Data Breach

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Dissent

Michael J. Rausch reports: An employee with the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has been placed on leave for allegedly leaking personal information via a breach of data on over 100 former and one current employee. The sheriff’s office said that the leaked information included names, home addresses, and Social Security numbers. In a statement,…

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Texas Health and Human Services Commission Notifies Additional Individuals Regarding Insider Wrongdoing Breach

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Dissent

There’s an update to an insider data breach previously announced in January 2025. Yesterday’s announcement brings the new total affected to almost 95,000 people.  April 30, 2025. AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is notifying an additional 33,529 recipients of agency services and other affected individuals that their protected health, personal identifying…

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Investigators don’t know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft order on abortion case

Posted on April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports: Investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday that the leak of a Wisconsin Supreme Court abortion order last year was likely deliberate, but they were unable to determine who was responsible. The June leak of a draft order showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood, which is seeking to declare…

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Former Disney employee who hacked Disney World restaurant menus in revenge sentenced to 3 years in federal prison

Posted on April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 by Dissent

When a former Disney World employee was accused of changing the menus at Disney World restaurants, it made headlines. And in January, when he admitted to changing the menus — including information about allergy information that could have created serious health risks for diners — that also made headlines. Now Michael Scheuer, who faced 10…

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