Korea JoongAng Daily reports: LG U+ was hit with 21.6 million won ($20,000) in government fines for a failure to secure customer data, which led to a massive breach and unauthorized sharing of sensitive information. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced Wednesday that it imposed a total of 75 million won in fines on…
Category: Insider
Mum’s the word? What are these school districts doing after a recent breach?
On November 15, ABC in Chicago reported that suburban school district Township High School District 211 experienced a security breach in which outgoing emails, phone calls, and text messages had been compromised over the weekend. Parents reported receiving offensive messages, some of which were sexual. On November 20, Patch reported that a teacher’s account in…
VA: Federal Aviation Administration Employee Arrested for Using Confidential Information for Attempted Extortion Scheme
Brian J. Booth, a 38-year-old Virginia resident, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with mail fraud for a scheme to use information stolen from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an attempt to extort foreign officials and obtain payment for the information. According to Court records, Booth, an FAA employee, had access to…
Mercy Health discloses an insider breach, fires the employee
The following press release gives no indication as to how many patients were impacted, or what the employee’s motivation might have been. Was this just a curiosity/snooping situation, or was there some other motive? ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This news release is being issued to provide notice about a medical records privacy incident…
UK: School IT teacher, 40, is jailed for six years after he hacked into his pupils’ mobile phones to steal naked selfies from teenage girls and store them on his computer
Joe Davies reports: A school IT teacher was jailed for six years today after hacking his pupils’ phones to steal naked selfies of teenage girls and storing them on his computer. High school technology expert Richard Edmunds, 40, told pupils he could fix their broken devices but took their private nude picture when he took…
River City Bank notifies customers after discovering insider wrongdoing
River City Bank had some explaining to do to customers. As described in their notification, a copy of which was submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office, the bank discovered a problem on September 29. An employee downloaded customer data to a personal storage drive and later sent it to a third party. The download…