Tony Reid reports the update to a story previously noted on this site: A Mount Zion High School student is pleading not guilty to three charges of tampering with computers after police said he shut down his school district’s computer network while trying to sabotage a homework assignment. Gage C. Hart, 18, appeared in Macon…
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Ca: REPORT: Significant privacy breach at Belleville General Hospital
David Foot reports: According to newspaper reports, there’s been a privacy breach at Belleville General Hospital, in what Quinte Health Care officials are calling an isolated incident. The Belleville Intelligencer report says a nurse was fired over the incident for accessing “hundreds of patient records” and that, while QHC staff are trying to nail down…
Ex-UBS Worker Guilty of Money Laundering in Data Theft Case, Sentenced to More Than Three Years
Mara Bernath and Hugo Miller report: A former UBS Group AG employee, who fled the country rather than face trial, was found guilty of money laundering by a Swiss court over allegations of the theft and sale of client data to German tax authorities. Rene S., as Bloomberg has identified him, was sentenced by a…
Bank Worker Forced by Darknet Criminals to Make Fraudulent Transfers
Bruno writes: A bank employee in Scotland stole £75,000 from bank customers after involving himself with a crime gang from a dark web forum. Dayne Lynn, a 22-year-old from North Ayrshire, became interested in the dark web after watching a Netflix documentary, presumably Dark Net. He decided to see with his own eyes if what…
Ca: Laurentian student who tried to help university by hacking computer system pleads guilty in court
Erik White reports: Nearly two years after the Friday night when he decided to test out the computer system at Laurentian University, Spencer Brydges pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Sudbury courtroom. Back in 2017, the comptuer science student was surprised that he could access the personal information of professors and other students. Brydges then reported…
PH: Updated claims: No passport data loss, breach
Roy Mabasa and PNA report: Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday backpedaled from his earlier allegations that French contractor Oberthur reportedly ran away with the data of millions of passport applicants when its contract was abruptly terminated by the Philippine government in 2013. “Data is not run-away-able but made inaccessible. Access denied,” Locsin…