Sara Shepherd reports: A former University of Kansas freshman, in fear of flunking out, successfully used a device called a keystroke logger to steal instructors’ confidential login information, hack into multiple campus computers and change F’s to A’s. Although the hacking apparently went unnoticed for most of two semesters, the student eventually got caught and…
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MO: Licensed Professional Counselor Pleads Guilty to $175,000 Medicaid Fraud Scheme
A DOJ press release, but unfortunately, it doesn’t reveal for whom the defendant was working when she misused patient information. Was she self-employed or an employee of another entity? Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced that Corrine A. Dale, of St. Louis, entered an open plea in St. Louis County Circuit Court…
Former employee of Veterans Affairs indicted for attempted sale of personal info of veterans and employees
LITTLE ROCK—Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Phillip Hill, 32, of Benton, a former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) database manager, with attempting to sell the personal information of veterans and VA employees. The indictment, returned by a grand jury in the…
Withybush Hospital bosses apologize, launch investigation into insider snooping into patient records
Dave Parkinson reports: A former staff member at Withybush Hospital inappropriately accessed electronic patient hospital records, health bosses have revealed. Hywel Dda Health Board said it has written to 41 people to provide them with information and support after its own investigation identified the breach. The individual, an administrator at Withybush Hospital is no longer…
Ca: Dark family secrets: Anonymous letter uncovers child welfare records
Here’s a news report of an insider privacy breach in Canada that is just…. awful. That is has resulted in severe psychological harm and trauma to one of those impacted is not surprising. The incident, which you can read about here, involves records that are more than 30 years old that appear to have been…
Former Santander bank manager pleads guilty to computer misuse crimes
Gareth Corfield reports: A former Santander bank manager has pleaded guilty to £15,000 worth of computer misuse crimes after her boyfriend talked her into giving him illicitly obtained customer information. This morning at the City of London Magistrates’ Court in England, Abiola Ajibade, 24, of Martock Court, Consort Road, Southwark, pleaded guilty to “causing a…