Howard Altman reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that there are no signs of a data breach caused by the theft of five laptop computers from U.S. Central Command sometime in April 2013. “There is no indication of a data breach at this point,” said spokesman William Daniels. “As cases proceed, we always remain open…
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Chesapeake Sues McClendon, Alleging Theft Of ‘Trade Secrets’
Christopher Helman reported: Today Chesapeake Energy sued American Energy Partners, the new company created by its embattled former CEO Aubrey McClendon. The complaint, filed in Oklahoma County District Court, alleges that in his waning days as CEO of Chesapeake, McClendon squirreled away massive amounts of data, containing “highly sensitive trade secrets.” After his departure from…
Ca: Service NL says employee inappropriately accessed records
CBC News reports: Service NL announced Friday it is investigating an inappropriate access of personal information by an employee with the department. In January, Motor Registration Division was alerted that an individual’s personal information may have been inappropriately accessed by an employee. Service NL later determined that an employee of the department had accessed the individual’s…
“I am not the cop you think I am. I am a piece of s***.” – Former NYPD officer engaged in ID theft
EmpireStateNews.net reports: A former officer with the New York City Police Department was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. John Montanez, 28, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in August 2014 to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity…
Optimus fine for employee snooping on journalist comms reduced from €4.5 mln to €100,000
Telecompaper reports: A fine imposed by the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD) on mobile operator Optimus (now Nos, after the merger with Zon) has been reduced from EUR 4.5 million to EUR 100,000, reports Tek. The fine was imposed for illegal access by an employee of the company to the detailed communications of a journalist…
UK: Police chief investigated over Trojan horse school leak
Andrew Gilligan reports: A senior counter-terrorism officer is under investigation after passing confidential security information to the school at the centre of the Trojan Horse plot. Brett Williams, an inspector with West Midlands Police, has been interviewed under caution by the force’s professional standards department. In emails from 2013, seen by The Sunday Telegraph, he…