Cathy Locke reports: Sutter Health announced Friday that it is notifying 2,582 patients that personal information was included in electronic versions of billing documents that a former employee emailed to a personal account without authorization. For all but two of the affected patients, no Social Security numbers, financial information or driver’s license data were included,…
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LA: Former employee sued for allegedly breaching non-compete clause, stealing proprietary information
Kyle Barnett reports on another lawsuit claiming a former employee stole proprietary information: A financial services company is suing a former employee it claims breached a non-compete clause by stealing client lists and targeting clients after he joined a similar firm. Business Capital Risk Control Services LLC filed suit against Carlos Avila Martinez in the…
AU: Penrith High School students disciplined over HSC computer hacking claims
Megan Levy reports: Students at a selective high school in Sydney’s west have been disciplined after hacking into a computer system, allegedly in an attempt to change their HSC assessment marks. Up to 10 Year 12 students at Penrith High School have reportedly been questioned over the security breach, which the NSW Department of Education said occurred when students obtained…
In: Bank alleges theft of proprietary data by former employee
V. Narayan reports on an incident in Mumbai: A case of data theft has been registered against a former senior vice-president of a multi-national bank in the city. The alleged crime was committed before she quit on April 21 and was revealed when the bank’s technical team received a system alert after she extracted confidential data…
Ex-president of GOP media company gets probation, fine for hacking
Randy Ludlow reports: The former president of a prominent Republican political-advertising firm received no prison time on Wednesday for three charges stemming from his dismissal. Nicholas P. Everhart, formerly of Strategy Group for Media, was fined $2,800 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service by Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David Gormley. He…
In: Woman arrested for hacking into ex-employer’s computers
NewKerala.com reports: A 30-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday for hacking and destroying data on her ex-employer company’s computers, police said. The former employer was not named in the NewKerala reporting, but they noted: Police said there were cookies to access the user-Id of the company in the laptop of the woman, with the help…