Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Wednesday that Mesha White, age 34, of Little Rock, appeared before United States District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright on June 3, 2015, and pled guilty to an indictment charging her with aggravated identity theft. In April 2014, a federal grand jury returned…
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CA: 2 San Dimas High School Students Arrested For Allegedly Changing Grades For Cash
CBS reports: Two students were in custody on Friday after allegedly hacking into their high school’s computer system to change grades in exchange for cash. On Thursday, which was the last day of school, detectives responded around 11:30 a.m. to San Dimas High School located in the 800 block of West Covina Boulevard for report…
SunPower Alleges SunEdison Poached Employees, Trade Secrets
Peter Blumberg reports: SunPower Corp. sued SunEdison Inc. over claims the rival solar manufacturer recruited away employees who stole trade secrets. SunPower said its competitor acquired proprietary information when it poached 20 workers in the U.S., Spain and Italy from 2011 to 2014, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco….
TN: Account information stolen at doctor’s office, suspect arrested
Ben Watson reports: A Memphis woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was at the doctor’s office. […] Medical assistant Jessica Jefferson has been arrested after police say she confessed to stealing the woman’s bank account information. […] The hospital released a statement: “She’s been suspended and we are waiting for the…
Human error to blame as UK data breach investigations surge
John Leyden reports: UK data breach investigations within the financial services industry almost trebled over the last two years, according to figures acquired via a Freedom of Information request to the Information Commissioner’s Office, with human error almost always responsible. The 183 per cent rise in reported Data Protection Act (DPA) incidents incorporated 585 events…
Ca: Ontario Securities Commission lays criminal charges in patient records privacy breach at two Toronto hospitals
Diana Mehta reports: Criminal charges have been laid after thousands of confidential records were allegedly stolen from two Toronto hospitals and used to market registered education savings plans to new mothers. The alleged incidents involved the Rouge Valley Health System and the Scarborough Hospital and were investigated by Ontario’s financial regulator, which oversees the sale…