Jason Rowley reports: An anonymous source tipped off Crunchbase News that Eaze, the Series B-stage cannabis delivery startup with over $24 million in venture funding, has experienced a security incident. Some of its user data may have been stolen by a former employee of Don Davidson, MD, a medical service provider that provides patient consultations and medical cannabis recommendations…
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TN: FBI believes a Collierville man hacked computer to steal personal information of autistic children
Chloe Morroni reports: The FBI believe a Collierville man hacked into a computer system and tried to steal the personal information of autistic children, who are treated at a center in Bartlett. Investigators say those kids and their parents trusted the man, because he used to work there. A horrible person there’s no other way…
$1 million payout for Shelburne hospital privacy breach
Amy Woolvett reports: A class action lawsuit has just set a precedent in Canada against snooping into medical files. “If you a breach (a person’s privacy) you are going to pay for it,” said Raymond Wagner, a lawyer who represented the 681 eligible class members involved in the biggest privacy breach in Canada. Halifax Supreme…
JP: Bank of Saga client data allegedly stolen, handed to suspected criminals
Kyodo News reports: The personal information of 169 customers who each have over ¥100 million deposited in the Bank of Saga was likely stolen by a former employee and handed to a group of suspected criminals, bank officials said Monday. The former employee, Atsushi Yoshida, 42, is on trial over a separate theft but was…
Passaic Housing Authority battles employee over data breach, rules on rent hikes
Nicholas Katzban reports: An internal investigation by the Passaic Housing Authority has named employee Linda Colon as the suspected source of last month’s data breach, which the authority said compromised the personal information of 50 to 60 public housing residents. But Colon has not been charged with any crime, and says the documents involved in the alleged leak…
Ca: Health authority pays $1m in privacy lawsuit
Jordan Parker reports: Hundreds of Nova Scotian hospital patients may get to share a $1-million settlement in a case involving breaches of their privacy. Halifax’s Wagners Law Firm has reached a proposed settlement with a former provincial health authority and if it’s approved will offer $1,000 each to nearly 700 plaintiffs they represent in a…