Kenneth Kezeor pleaded guilty Tuesday to intentionally damaging a protected computer by attacking a corporate computer application of his former employer. The plea was announced by United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. Kezeor, 47, of Felton, Calif., acknowledged he was hired by a Silicon Valley company…
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Morgan Stanley Fined Over Inadequate Security Tied to Galen Marsh Data Breach
Matt Robinson reports that Morgan Stanley has been fined $1 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle allegations that it failed to protect customer data improperly taken by a former financial adviser, Galen Marsh. Marsh pleaded guilty in September, 2015 to making thousands of unauthorized searches on his employer’s system and to copying information on…
Woman charged with altering and stealing computer files from Cree
WRAL reports: A Cary woman has been charged with illegally accessing and altering computer files at Durham-based LED manufacturer Cree Inc., according to an arrest warrant. Huili Cui, 50, of 521 Denhoff Drive, is charged with felony accessing computers and larceny by employee. She was initially held in the Durham County jail under a $1…
MI: Patient info at 2 ProMedica hospitals breached
Elena Saavedra Buckley report: Private medical records of 3,472 patients at two ProMedica hospitals in Michigan were inappropriately breached by seven employees, Julie Yaroch, the health system’s president at both hospitals, told The Blade on Friday night. The patients’ names, birth dates, medications, and clinical information from acute care services were accessed at ProMedica Bixby…
Ca: OSC Announces Sentences and Guilty Pleas in Hospital Privacy Breach Case
The OSC today announced that Nellie Acar, Esther Cruz, Polina (Poly) Edry and Subramanian Sulur entered guilty pleas to charges laid following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT) related to the misuse of confidential patient information from the Rouge Valley Health System and the Scarborough Hospital. Acar pleaded guilty to one count of secret commissions…
Telecom giant accuses employee of data theft
A telecom in India has filed a criminal complaint against a former employee for stealing proprietary information on his way out. Times of India doesn’t name the employee, but the firm seems to be Gujarat Telecom Circle.