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PA: HASD student tried to hack district’s system

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Dissent

A Hazleton Area Career Center student was disciplined for attempting to hack into the district’s computer system, the district’s top administrator said. State police and school district officials are investigating an incident involving a student who acquired a wireless key, or code for accessing Hazleton Area’s computer system, Superintendent Dr. Craig Butler said. The system…

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UK: Employers vicariously liable for data breaches caused by rogue employees

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Dissent

Tim Hickman and Stephen Ravenscroft of White & Case LLP write: In April 2016, the High Court of England and Wales issued its judgment in Axon v Ministry of Defence [2016] EWHC 787 (QB). The court emphasised (albeit obiter) the fact that employers can be liable for data breaches caused by rogue employees (in the present case,…

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Ca: Hospital workers convicted for snooping into Rob Ford’s personal health files

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Dissent

May Warren reports: Two health workers who snooped into late mayor Rob Ford’s electronic health records have become the first in Ontario to be convicted under the province’s health privacy law, the Star has learned. Mohammad Rahman, of Toronto, and Debbie Davison, of Pickering, both pleaded guilty under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)…

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Probationary employee at CDOT misused employee info

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Dissent

Kieran Nicholson reports: State investigators are looking into a database breach at the Colorado Department of Transportation which could lead to identity thefts. The breach of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program with CDOT was discovered recently and has been reported to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said Amy Ford, a CDOT spokeswoman. […] “A probationary…

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Nazareth Area School District: Student hacked into student, teacher data files

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Dissent

Michelle Merlin reports that Nazareth Area School District has sent out about 5,000 letters to families and teachers after discovering that a student accessed data and uploaded it onto a flash drive between 2011 and 2014. District Superintendent Dennis Riker said the old data contained student information from the district’s lunch program as well as information from a…

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UK: Sacked Merseyside policewoman appeals dismissal for snooping on database

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Dissent

Luke Traynor reports that disgraced police constable Paula Humphreys will not just go quietly into the night: A sacked police constable is appealing the decision to dismiss her for snooping on confidential police computers about the criminal activity of her relatives and their boyfriends. Paula Humphreys lost her job in December after a disciplinary panel…

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