Steven Musil reports: The hacker responsible for the massive 2019 data breach of Capital One has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation. US District Judge Robert S. Lasnik said sentencing former Amazon systems engineer Paige Thompson to time in prison would have been “particularly difficult on her because of her mental health and…
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Ca: Settlement reached in decade-old lawsuit connected to Western Health privacy breach
Alex Kennedy reports a settlement in a case previously covered on this site back in 2012-2014: An out-of-court settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit involving Western Health that dates back more than a decade. The lawsuit was launched in August 2012, alleging that the health authority failed to protect the personal information of patients and…
US says ex-Army major and his wife tried to leak military health data to Russia
Reuters reports: A former US Army major and his anesthesiologist wife have been criminally charged for allegedly plotting to leak highly sensitive healthcare data about military patients to Russia, the Justice Department revealed on Thursday. Jamie Lee Henry, the former major who was also a doctor at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and his wife,…
Health worker photographed patient credit cards and went shopping with them, cops say
Brendan Rascius reports: A Maryland woman accused of using stolen credit and debit card information — then using it to shop online — has been charged with 120 counts of theft and fraud, police said in a news release. The woman was employed at a Walgreens in Cambridge, Maryland, a riverside city of about 13,000…
Honolulu Man Pleads Guilty to Sabotaging Former Employer’s Computer Network
Casey K. Umetsu, Sr., age 40, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Jill A. Otake to sabotaging his former employer’s computer network. Sentencing is set for January 19, 2023. According to court documents and information presented in court, Umetsu worked as an information technology professional for a prominent Hawaii-based financial…
GA: Former Dalton police officer sentenced to five years on probation for computer invasion of privacy and violating oath of office
Charles Oliver reports on an insider-wrongdoing case that was taken seriously: A former Dalton Police Department officer has been sentenced to five years on probation after pleading guilty to computer invasion of privacy and violation of oath by a public officer, according to District Attorney Bert Poston. Trevin Dane Stover of Resaca must also pay…