CBC News reports an update to a breach noted previously on this site. Many staff members at the Georges Dumont Hospital in Moncton do not welcome Dr. Fernando Rojas’ return to work. Rojas has not been working at the Georges Dumont since March 2014. The radiation oncologist looked at 141 female patient medical records without authorization…
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Feds widen probe into lottery IT boss who rooted game for profit
Iain Thomson reports: Federal investigators have confirmed that they are widening a probe into fraud by the former IT security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MSLA). In July, Eddie Tipton, 52, was found guilty of fraudulently installing a rootkit in the MSLA’s random-number generating computer that allowed him to predict the digits for future winning tickets….
Feds charge ex-Alabama IRS employee, 3 others in $1 million ID scheme
Jonathan Grass reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced multiple charges in a lengthy identity theft scheme that operated out of Birmingham. The stolen identity tax refund scheme operated between 2008 and 2011 and is believed to involve more than $1 million in false claims. It involved stealing personal identity information from the Internal Revenue…
Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser Avoids Prison Over Theft of Data
Chris Dolmetsch reports the latest on Galen Marsh’s case: A fired Morgan Stanley financial adviser who downloaded client information to a home server to give his job search a boost was sentenced to three years’ probation for accessing the bank’s computer network without permission. Galen Marsh, who prosecutors say called the stolen data “the world’s best…
AU: “Cambridge five” govt hacker escapes jail time
AAP reports: A man who used the names of famous British spies, the so called “Cambridge five”, to hack into a government computer network has escaped an immediate jail term. Paul David Hellander set up fake accounts in 2013 to gain access to the South Australian government’s database of translators and interpreters. His action was…
Nursing Home Workers Share Explicit Photos of Residents on Snapchat
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2015, 7 a.m. This story was co-published with the Washington Post. Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social media networks such as Snapchat, violating their privacy, dignity and, sometimes, the law. ProPublica has identified 35 instances since 2012 in…