Thanks to the U.K. reader who sent along the link to this story. Frank Le Duc reports: A Brighton police officer has been sacked for using the force’s computer systems to stalk his ex-wife and girlfriend, even telling one of the women where she had been. PC Forrest Knight, who had worked in the Operations…
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Restitution amount must reflect complete accounting of intended loss: court
There’s an update to an insider breach case previously noted on this site involving a former employee of Citadel LLC and Tradeworx Inc. An opinion out of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals may offer some small measure of hope to defendants in CFAA cases when it comes to restitution for theft of proprietary information and costs of…
AL: Alleged perpetrator of JSU breach is student there
More details have emerged about the Jacksonville State University breach previously noted on this site. Although a suspect has been arrested, the site is still online. Today, the Anniston Star reports that the unnamed teen, who may be tried as an adult, is a student at JSU and is thought to have used a staff member’s credentials to access…
MO: Former IRS employee sentenced for $326K fraud scheme
AP reports that Demetria Brown, a former IRS employee, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison in a $326,000 fraudulent tax refund scheme. She has also been ordered to pay restitution to Missouri and the IRS. Brown’s case was previously noted on this blog in June, 2015, when she pleaded guilty. At…
NY: College staffers hacked girls’ laptops to steal nude photos: suit
Kathianne Boniello reports: A Bronx college had its own “Freak Squad” of tech workers who hacked student and employee computers to steal porn and intimate images, according to a lawsuit. Four men in the Academic Computing Center at Hostos Community College admitted breaking into the personal laptops of female students to steal naked pictures and…
Bay Area Chiropractic Center patient info allegedly stolen by doctor to open his own practice
It seems that Bay Area Chiropractic Center LLC had a breach in 2015 that they first reported to Oregon this month. The breach occurred between June 1, 2015 and August 31, 2015, and was discovered on December 10, 2015. Affected patients were notified on December 22, 2015. Why they are first reporting this to Oregon is unclear to this…