Lauren J. Young reports: When PA Online, a former internet service provider based in Enola, Pennsylvania, fired its network administrator Dariusz Prugar in 2010, he left with a serious grudge. There would be revenge. Just days after Prugar was fired for personnel issues, PA Online noticed that its computers and web services were failing. Prugar, a…
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Ex-Employee Of U.S. Department Of Veteran’s Affairs Sentenced for Aggravated Identity Theft
Terrence Starks, age 37, from Bunker Hill, Illinois was sentenced to a total of thirty months in prison as a result of convictions for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The sentencing was announced yesterday. In addition, Starks was ordered to serve three years supervised release following his release from prison and pay restitution totaling $19,260.26. Terrence…
NZ: Breach of doctors’ privacy alleged at Waikato District Health Board
Libby Wilson reports: An alleged privacy breach involving doctors’ own health and safety information has sparked debate. Waikato District Health Board human resource staffers entered health and safety files of specialists without authorisation, according to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). The union has advised its Waikato members to stop using or giving medical information to the board’s Health and Safety Service. Read more on…
FINRA fines Raymond James $500,000
Linn Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: Financial services firm Raymond James Financial Services Inc. (Raymond James) has agreed to settle an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for $500,000. The investigation stems from allegations that Raymond James requested that new financial advisers disclose and bring confidential customer information to Raymond James when…
UKTV executive sacked after stealing huge cache of confidential TV data from media regulator
Patrick Foster reports: A television company that is part-owned by the BBC has sacked one of its executives, after he offered to provide them with a huge cache of confidential broadcasting data stolen from Ofcom, the media regulator. UKTV, which operates channels such as Dave and Gold, is understood to have been offered six years’…
Denver Police Using Sensitive Database for Personal Use
There’s nothing much new in here if you’ve followed this stuff for years, but some folks still need a reminder and wake-up call not to tolerate this type of insider wrongdoing: U.S. police officers in Denver, Colorado are only lightly punished if caught using confidential criminal databases for personal reasons like finding out a woman’s…