WSVN reports: A cybersecurity breach at a South Florida school. A student hacked into teachers’ computers — but was never criminally charged. 7’s Brian Entin investigates. A new school year is about to start at Miami Springs Senior High — but a hacking incident last school year has the district tightening security. […] 7News has…
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Convicted of health care fraud, de-licensed physician just steals another doctor’s identity….
In June, I posted an item about how BCBS of Illinois was notifying people after a vendor informed them that law enforcement had alerted them that a vendor’s employee was not a licensed physician but an identity thief. That story did not seem to get a lot of press attention, but subsequent revelations named the physician…
Former JP Morgan Chase Bank Employee Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Selling Customer Account Information
August 10 – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Peter Persaud, a former personal banker at JP Morgan Chase Bank, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to 48 months’ imprisonment for aggravated identity theft in connection with access device fraud. Persaud pleaded guilty to these charges on March 7, 2017….
Washington County report traces path of leaked information
CJ Lovelace reports: A document alleging sexual harassment by a Washington County commissioner was leaked to the father of a local TV news reporter, leading to a 2017 news report about it, according to a county investigative report released Thursday. The report, which was completed a year ago, says 10 county employees were interviewed about…
Former Brownsville Fire Chief pleads not guilty to computer security breach
CBS reports: Former Brownsville Fire Chief Carlos Elizondo pleaded not guilty to 11 felony counts of computer security breach on Wednesday. Elizondo is accused of accessing the Brownsville Fire Department’s emergency reporting system without consent on 11 occasions from Oct. 29,2017 to Nov. 23, 2017, according to a superseding grand jury indictment unsealed in June….
NY: GE engineer accused of data theft back in court
Lynzi Deluccia reports: The GE engineer accused of stealing secret information from his work was back in court on Thursday. Official court documents show the Niskayuna man is in charge of other companies in China that use the same turbine technology as GE. A 10-page affidavit reveals Zheng was a master at taking the information,…