Another CFAA case. Although the victim company is not named, the defendant’s LinkedIn profile indicates that he was employed at Western Asset Management from March 2007 – March 2011. How he was able to access his former supervisor’s email account years after he left their employ is not addressed in the press release, but raises questions as to whether…
Category: Insider
OR: Northwest Primary Care Notifies 5,372 Patients of Insider Data Theft
Northwest Primary Care (NWPC) is notifying certain patients about a security incident involving information that was stolen by a former employee. On October 13, 2015, NWPC was informed by law enforcement that the employee stole patient names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers. The theft occurred between April 2013 and December 2013. The employee…
Employee error most likely cause of data breaches among in-house legal counsel, new report says
More than half of in-house legal counsel report that their companies are increasing spending on cybersecurity, while one-third state that their companies have experienced a data breach, according to a new report from the Washington, DC-based Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation. Read more on CanadianUnderwriter.ca. The report will cost you $475 (yeah, right, I’ll…
A Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Convicted of Falsifying Medical Records and Computer Fraud
Federal prosecutors had charged a former employee of the Miami VA medical center (the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center) under the federal hacking statute as part of charging him for altering a patient’s records to cover up deficiencies in care. A former Department of Veterans Affairs employee pled guilty today to destroying, altering and falsifying records and committing computer…
UK: Former medical center director prosecuted for improper access of colleagues’ records
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A former medical centre practice director Zita Driaunevicius-Cookson has been prosecuted at Bury & Rochdale Magistrates’ Court for accessing the medical records of colleagues and members of their family without consent. She was fined £300, ordered to pay costs of £434.73 and a victim surcharge of £20.
NY: Husband, Wife Steal Info From Lenox Hill Hospital Emergency Room Patients, Spend Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars at Saks: Prosecutors
NBC reports: A husband-and-wife pair have been arrested for allegedly stealing the personal information of dozens of Manhattan hospital patients to take control of their bank accounts and buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise at luxury retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, authorities say. Kyle Steed, 30, who was employed at Lenox Hill…