Allie Coyne reports: Freight giant Toll has been given permission to access and inspect eight USB devices it thinks might have been used by an ex-employee to pinch sensitive corporate files. Earlier this month Toll applied for preliminary discovery of USB devices owned by a former national sales manager for its NQX freight forwarding and…
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Customs Officer Admits Sharing ‘Sensitive’ Info
Tim Ryan reports: A former Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty to lying to law enforcement about sending “highly sensitive information” from government databases to people living overseas, federal prosecutors said. Jesus Muchacho, 39, of Temple Hills, Maryland, faces up to five years in prison for lying to investigators about sending information from…
Showpo settles data ‘theft’ allegations against Black Swallow for $60,000
Jessica Sier reports: Online retailers Showpo and Black Swallow have settled their data breach dispute, after Showpo alleged one of its former graphic designers downloaded the company’s entire customer database and passed it on to her new employers at Black Swallow. Sydney-based Black Swallow has been ordered to pay $60,000 to Showpo in instalments over…
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital notifies 419 patients after employees snooped in their records
Molly Rosbach reports: Virginia Mason Memorial hospital sent out letters last week to 419 of its past emergency room patients, alerting them of a privacy violation. A routine internal audit revealed that from roughly October to January, 21 employees at the hospital had improperly accessed those patients’ records. Read more on The Yakima Herald. A…
The threat within: Arrests of former employees announced in two New Jersey cases
Jessica Mazzola reports: An East Brunswick man was arrested Friday on charges he stole about 20,000 confidential files from his employer to open a consulting business after his retirement, federal authorities said. Anchi Hou, 61, a retired employee of DuPont, was charged was theft of trade secrets after allegedly copying and stealing the files from…
Former Allegro worker accused of inserting ‘time bomb’ in company network
Craig S. Semon reports: A Shrewsbury man is accused of hacking into the main computer network of his former employer, Allegro MicroSystems, and uploading and inserting malicious computer programming code. Nimesh Patel, of 1 Ptarmigan Drive, Shrewsbury, is charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespassing and conversion. Read more on The Telegram.