PA Homepage reports: A security breach at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale causing concerns. Hospital officials tell Eyewitness News they have fired a nurses’s aide who they say accessed patient records without authorization. Now letters have been sent out to 390 people informing them their medical records, including social security numbers, insurance information and diagnoses…
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Update: Former worker accused of stealing companies’ data fined $2,000 and given probation.
There’s an update to a court case that I noted on this site in April, 2015, when Thomas A. Wotring, was arrested and indicted on charges he accessed a protected computer on or about July 11, 2012, without authorization, and obtained information for purposes of commercial advantage and private financial gain. The data were allegedly taken from SND…
TW: MJIB launches investigation into info leak case, finds alleged mole
The China Post reports: The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) launched investigations into a subsidiary of P-Two Industries on Friday following accusations of confidential information being leaked to a mainland competitor. The now-ex senior manager, surnamed Chen, of the P-Two Industry subsidiary Dachang Industries located in mainland China, was taken in for questioning at the Shilin…
TalkTalk call centre staff manacled over security breach
Kelly Fiveash reports: TalkTalk has turned three workers—based at a call centre provider in India—over to the police, as part of its ongoing investigation into the budget ISP’s security practices, following a major hack on its systems last year. The company added that—in light of the arrests—it was considering ending its partnership with the call centre Wipro,…
Suicidal woman who stuck pencils in her eyes settles part of Internet photo suit
Debbie L. Sklar reports an update to a breach lawsuit reported previously on this site: A hospital patient who stuck pencils in her eyes in a suicide attempt, then found out that a photo of her self-mutilation turned up on the Internet three years later, has agreed to settle the part of her lawsuit against Los…
NY: Ex-Jockey Agent Paid NYRA Employee $100 Month To Access Entry Data
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico, yesterday announced that former jockey agent Manuel Gonzalez has been charged with illegally accessing the New York Racing Association’s (NYRA) computer system 170 times over a 15-month period by using the login and passwords of a NYRA employee whom…