September 10 — A former medical clinic employee pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 2 to breaching the health information of several individuals in contravention of the Health Information Act (HIA). Olivia Franc was fined $6,000, given three years probation including not being able to access health information, and is required to complete 180 hours of community…
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Secure Data Technologies Sues Ex-Employee for Breach of Contract
Christina Tabacco reports: On Thursday, Secure Data Technologies, Inc. sued a former employee for hacking the company’s email system and removing confidential and proprietary information. The Eastern District of Missouri lawsuit states seven claims for relief under various Missouri and Illinois business tort and computer fraud statutes. According to the filing, Secure Data is an Illinois corporation,…
Japan Regulator Is Set to Ask Nomura to Report on Data Leak
Takashi Nakamichi and Takako Taniguchi report: Japan’s Financial Services Agency is set to order Nomura Holdings Inc. to submit a report on how client information was leaked to a rival firm, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The regulator has asked Nippon Institutional Securities Co., the company that received the information from a Nomura employee, to provide…
Camrose medical clinic employee penalized after sharing health files: privacy commissioner
Alex Antoneshyn reports: A Camrose medical clinic employee has been fined and given 180 hours of community service after improperly accessing health records of friends and others. According to the office of the privacy commissioner, Olivia Franc accessed the files at the Smith Clinic where she worked. Her employer reported the privacy breach in June…
Miami high schooler charged with cyberattacks that stopped online learning
Kevin Collier reports: Police have arrested a Florida high school student for alleged cyberattacks that rendered the Miami-Dade school district’s remote learning platform almost impossible to use. The student, an unnamed 16-year-old junior at the South Miami Senior High School, admitted to attacking the school’s My School Online platform, which is designed to let students attend…
Cisco engineer resigns then nukes 16k WebEx accounts, 456 VMs
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A former Cisco employee pleaded guilty to accessing the company’s cloud infrastructure in 2018, five months after resigning, to deploy code that led to the shut down of more than 16,000 WebEx Teams accounts and the deletion of 456 virtual machines. According to a plea agreement filed on July 30, 2020, 30-year-old…