Megan Gillis reports: Two Gatineau police officers were arrested Friday morning and immediately suspended with pay after a criminal investigation into unauthorized use of a computer and breach of trust. The officers, one with three years of service and the other four years of service, have not been charged. Read more on Ottawa Citizen. Thanks to…
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SGI catches snoop in Vonda, notifying customers of privacy breach
CBC reports: Someone in an SGI office in Vonda, Sask. has been snooping. That’s the finding of an SGI investigation after a privacy breach was discovered. The insurance company said customers are being notified. SGI said in new release that a worker at an independent motor licence issuer in the community was snooping and making random searches…
Memorial Hermann notifies employees of privacy incident
Dawn Brooks reported this earlier this month: Memorial Hermann Wednesday announced an incident involving the disclosure of protected health information to select primary care physicians. The company said the information disclosed was limited to the member’s demographic information, that no medical information was disclosed. A Memorial Hermann employee on May 16 reported potential improper use…
Citibank IT guy deliberately wiped routers, shut down 90% of firm’s networks across America
Graham Cluley writes: It was just after 6pm on December 23, 2013, and Lennon Ray Brown, a computer engineer at the Citibank Regents Campus in Irving, Texas, was out for revenge. Earlier in the day, Brown – who was responsible for the bank’s IT systems – had attended a work performance review with his supervisor….
Former Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Prison for Stealing from Charity
Katie Eder has a follow-up on a case first reported in the media in January The former owner of a pharmacy in Lexington, Kentucky, has been sentenced to more than 6 years in prison for stealing $1.1 million from a charity called Chronic Disease Fund. Adam K. Sloan, 37, admitted to using personal information from customers…
MN: Rare data breach claim against a county settled for $1M
Noell Wolfgram Evans reports: Hundreds of Mille Lacs County, Minn. residents went to bed on July 1 with a million reasons to feel a little better. On that day, a settlement was announced between residents and Mille Lacs County and Mikki Jo Peterick, a former child support investigator for the Mille Lacs County Department of Family Services,…