Elaine Edwards reports: Three investigations are being carried out into suspected privacy breaches involving Department of Social Protection officials, the department has confirmed. A private investigator, James Cowley (65), was convicted on Monday of illegally obtaining and then disclosing to a bank and insurance firms personal details he had obtained from a department official. Read more on…
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Ca: Patient privacy breached at Credit Valley Hospital after health records ‘improperly accessed’
Louie Rosella reports: Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner is investigating a privacy breach at Credit Valley Hospital after the personal health records of five patients were “improperly accessed” by an employee at a nearby medical building. One of the complainants, who asked not to be identified, said the hospital sent her and her husband a letter after…
Former Agilent Technologies employee pleads guilty to damaging ex-employer’s computers
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…
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…