Hugo Miller reports: A Zurich court convicted a former employee of Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG of one count of corporate espionage for leaking internal documents about a controversial tax deal. The man, who can only be identified as Volker S., was found guilty Thursday of giving a journalist the information, which was used by…
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Former Sen. Hassan Aide Stole Gigabytes Of ‘High Value’ Data
Luke Rosiak reports: A former IT aide to New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan mounted an “extraordinarily extensive data-theft scheme” against the office, the culprit’s plea agreement states. The plot included the installation of tiny “keylogging” devices that picked up every keystroke. Between July and October 2018, former IT aide Jackson Cosko worked with an…
HIV data leak: Farrera-Brochez tells US court he has complied with order to delete stolen data
Charissa Young reports: WASHINGTON – Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, the American at the centre of Singapore’s HIV registry leak, has promised to delete all information obtained from the Singapore Government in accordance with a court order granted to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The 34-year-old also swore, in a written statement filed with a US court on…
Ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty to vast classified data leak, faces 9 years in prison
Sean Lyngaas reports: A former National Security Agency contractor accused of one of the largest breaches of classified data in U.S. history pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count and faces a total of nine years in federal prison. Appearing solemn and weary in federal court in Baltimore, Harold T. Martin III, 54, seemed to embrace his…
Computer hacker to represent himself in Isle of Man sentencing
Jason Roberts reports on a case in the Isle of Man: A man’s asked to represent himself as he awaits sentencing for computer hacking and data theft. 47 year old John Henry Griffin of Mona Drive in Douglas was convicted of two offences of unauthorised access of data and two of unlawful obtaining of personal…
Former NSA contractor accused of largest security breach in US history expected to plead guilty
Kevin Collier reports: A former National Security Agency contractor accused of the largest security breach in US intelligence history is expected to plead guilty on Thursday, his lawyer told CNN. Harold “Hal” Martin, 54, had worked for 23 years as a contractor for companies that contracted with various intelligence agencies and maintained a government clearance…