Tzvi Joffre reports: The communications of about 1,200 IDF soldiers were examined and 10 officials were questioned after information about Israeli strikes on Iranian ships was leaked to The Wall Street Journal last year. […] The IDF told the State Attorney that over 1,200 soldiers were exposed to the secrets about the operations, while only about 450…
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Sheffield nurse Paul Grayson sentenced to 12 years for covert filming of hospital patients and staff
A nurse who “grotesquely breached” his position of trust when he covertly made indecent videos of staff and patients at a hospital in Sheffield has been jailed. Some of Paul Grayson’s victims were unconscious and recovery after surgery when he filmed up their gowns at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He also installed cameras in the hospital toilets…
IKEA Canada confirms data breach involving personal information of approximately 95,000 customers
Chris Fox reports on an insider-wrongdoing breach that sounds like it was detected and stopped fairly quickly, but not before more than 90,000 customers could have had their data accessed. IKEA says that it has notified Canada’s privacy watchdog following a data breach involving the personal information of approximately 95,000 customers. In a statement provided…
Blue Earth County releases report on insider data breach that began in 2020
It seems like only yesterday that we were pointing to an insider-wrongdoing breach that involved people’s medical information. Oh right, it was. And here’s yet another one. Aaron Stuve reports: Blue Earth County has released information regarding a data breach from last year. The report said that an employee of the Human Services Department accessed…
Law firm says Deaconess doc viewed women’s personal, medical data without cause
John T. Martin reports on a disturbing case of insider-wrongdoing: A law firm says it has spoken with at least six women who received an apology letter in recent months from Deaconess Health System stating a physician accessed their medical records without purpose. The firm, Ladendorf Law of Indianapolis, may pursue claims on behalf of those women,…
On-the-Spot Intervention 95% Effective in Reducing Healthcare Employees’ Unauthorized Access to Protected Health Information (PHI)
The following is a press release from Protenus. As a reminder/disclosure: DataBreaches.net compiles data and performs some data analytic services for Protenus’s Breach Barometer each year. Protenus is pleased to announce a recent study found that on-the-spot interventions for healthcare employees who inappropriately accessed PHI were 95% effective in preventing repeat offenses. The article, “Effectiveness of…