Binghui Huang reports on a lawsuit arising from alleged patient record snooping. But this case seems to have another element to it: what did the health system do after it learned — and confirmed — that patient record snooping had occurred? A man who spent a couple months in Lehigh Valley Hospital claims in a…
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NT police chief admits officers breached privacy of public servant’s medical records
Steven Shubert reports: Reece Kershaw, the Northern Territory’s Police Commissioner and soon-to-be federal police chief, has admitted some of his officers inappropriately accessed the private medical records of a public servant. But NT Police won’t say if the department the man worked for was involved, nor if the officers responsible have been disciplined. Luke Horsfall,…
AT&T Insiders Bribed With Over $1 Million To Unlock 2 Million Phones And Hack Their Employer, DOJ Claims
Thomas Brewster reports: A 34-year-old from Pakistan has been extradited from Hong Kong to the U.S., over allegations he bribed AT&T employees over five years to unlock more than 2 million phones. He was also accused of hacking into AT&T computers. It cost AT&T millions, whilst the insiders were paid more than $1 million in…
Riverside student accused of hacking school computer, changing grades
Brian Rokos reports: A 15-year-old high school student could face a felony charge after he tricked teachers into providing their computer login information and then changed grades — his for the better and others’ for the worse — according to Riverside police. The ruse, known as “spearphishing,” is increasingly common, said the investigator on the…
Protest data breaches threaten HK’s hub ambitions
The Macau Daily Times reports: Hong Kong’s ambitions to be an international data-center hub are a potential casualty of the city’s mass protests. […] Last month, dozens of protesters were arrested after being treated in the emergency ward of a public hospital following battles with riot police. The city’s Hospital Authority subsequently denied leaking patient…
Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information
U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of national defense information. According to his plea agreement, from December 1993 through Aug. 27, 2016, Martin was employed by at least…