Jill Shen reports: A former employee of Chinese drone maker DJI was sentenced to six months in prison and fined RMB 200,000 [almost $30,000.00 USD] for unauthorized disclosure of the company’s data to code-sharing platform Github, according to the prosecutor involved in the case. The office of the People’s Procuratorate of Shenzhen posted on messaging app WeChat…
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38 patient records viewed ‘inappropriately’ by St. Boniface Hospital employee
Elisha Dacey reports: St. Boniface Hospital says 38 patients had their records accessed “inappropriately” over a week in March. The records were looked at between Feb. 28 and March 6 by an employee who had access to the hospital’s record system, they said. Read more on GlobalNews.ca.
Terminated firefighter enters plea in stolen data case
Walt Buteau reports: A terminated veteran East Greenwich firefighter pleaded no contest in a case involving missing data used to repair and maintain the emergency alarm system that protects town-owned buildings and commercial property, the Target 12 Investigators have learned. Robert Warner, 43, of Warwick, entered the plea in Kent County Court on Tuesday to…
MD Anderson ousts 3 scientists over concerns about Chinese data theft
Todd Ackerman reports: MD Anderson Cancer Center is ousting three scientists in connection with concerns China is trying to steal U.S. scientific research, the first such publicly disclosed punishments since federal officials directed some institutions to investigate specific professors in violation of granting agency policies. MD Anderson took the actions after receiving e-mails last year…
Morrisons granted permission for Supreme Court appeal over data breach ruling
Sebastian McCarthy reports: Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after losing a major court case over a data leak. In October the UK’s fourth-biggest supermarket lost an appeal against a High Court ruling that concluded the firm was legally liable for a former employee leaking personal information about 100,000 staff…
Man convicted in Dubai for hacking 15 websites
Ali Al Shouk reports: A man was sentenced to three months in prison followed by deportation for hacking the server of a media company which was responsible for 15 client websites, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard yesterday. The 33-year-old Indian man was charged with hacking websites and issuing threats. He was handed a…