Jason Pan reports: A New Taipei City District Court judge has been disciplined by the Judicial Yuan’s Judge Evaluation Committee (JEC) in a recent probe. The committee ruled that judge Lin Yen-peng (林晏鵬) had abused his position to infringe on someone’s privacy by conducting searches into confidential judiciary files, arising from traffic litigation case three…
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IL: St. Charles students expelled after computer hack
I wasn’t going to post this story from the week before Christmas, but because @Cyber_War_News tweeted it to me and in light of recent hijinks over PlayStation Network and Xbox, I’ve re-thought things. Associated Press reports: St. Charles school district officials have expelled two high school students who they say shut down the district’s computer…
UK: PC Katie Murray jailed for leaking Cregan and drugs info to sister and ex-lover
BBC reports: A PC who passed on intelligence about police killer Dale Cregan and planned drugs raids to her sister and drug-dealing former lover has been jailed. Katie Murray, 30, of Dunkirk Street in Droylsden, accessed police computers to get the confidential information. She was found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act and conspiracy…
50,000 Reasons for Employees to Think Twice Before Taking Their Employer’s Copyright Works and Confidential Information
Lisa Egan and Caroline Judd of K&L Gates LLP write: Federal Court of Australia Decision in Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd v Koudstaal (No 3) [2014] FCA 1129 An ex-employee was recently ordered to pay his former employer AUD50,000 in damages after the Federal Court (Court) held that the employee had infringed copyright and breached his employment agreement and duty…
Luxleaks: Former PwC employee admits he took tax files
Colm Keena reports: A 28-year old French man who took confidential files from the offices of his then employers, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Luxembourg, has said he believes he is not the only source behind last month’s Luxleaks disclosures. Antoine Deltour, who was charged by an investigating magistrate in Luxembourg at the weekend in relation to the copying…
NH: Woman indicted in Exeter High computer breach
Seacoastonline.com reports: Exeter resident Lee Ann Cammett, of Dogtown Road, has been formally indicted on charges of Computer-Related Offenses. According to her indictment, Cammett “knowingly and without authorization” accessed as well as altered or tampered with student records using the PowerSchool computer network which is used by Exeter High School. Read more on Seacoastonline.com.