Insider breaches in healthcare know no national boundaries. From The Guardian: Health P.E.I. says the personal health information of 353 patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown has been inappropriately viewed by a former hospital employee. Acting chief executive officer for Health P.E.I., Denise Lewis Fleming, confirmed the breach of patient records this morning….
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Easy-to-get hacking device puts KU professors’ information in student’s hands
Mará Rose Williams: reports: A recent hack of University of Kansas professors’ personal information has faculty worried that an easily accessible hacking tool could have students tampering with private data on campuses everywhere. The KU hacker was an engineering student who used a keystroke logger to pry into professors’ computers and change all his failing…
For data leak, 9 coastal body staff sacked
Murari Shetye reports: The state government has not renewed contracts of nine Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) employees as it suspects they were involved in providing departmental information to NGOs and activists. Sources said that of the 13 contract employees, nine have lost their jobs, including three scientific assistants, an accounts clerk, a technical officer,…
Woman used stolen patient information to rent a car, cops say
Raisa Habersham reports: A former clinic employee is accused of stealing patients’ information and using one of the victim’s identity to rent a car, Atlanta police said. Police are not releasing the identity of the woman, who is still on the run and has 10 warrants to her name, Channel 2 Action News reported. The…
OR: Lawsuit alleges ex-principal accessed private information
A. J. Kato reports: Former Seven Peaks School principal Megan Martin is being sued by the school for allegedly downloading private documents about students and staff. In court papers filed Friday, the school alleges Martin “improperly and without authorization downloaded thousands of the School’s electronically stored files… (containing) highly sensitive student and parent information.” The…
New Jersey Man Charged in Hacking and Illegal Wiretapping Scheme
Sept. 28 – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for alleged computer hacking and wiretapping of his former company’s email server, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Jian Yang Zhang, a/k/a “Kevin Zhang,” 37, of Edison, New Jersey, is charged complaint (sic) with one count of unauthorized access of a protected computer…