Sky News reports a development in the Morrisons data breach affecting up to 100,000 employees: An employee of supermarket chain Morrisons has been arrested by police investigating the theft of payroll data of up to 100,000 employees. West Yorkshire Police said a man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of making or supplying an article…
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UK: West Midlands Police staff sacked for data breaches
BBC reports: Thirty staff at West Midlands Police have been investigated for a string of data protection breaches since 2009, new figures have revealed. Seven of those were dismissed without notice or resigned following the accusations, the force said. A further five were given final written warnings, while nine received management advice. Read more on…
UK: Police officers suspended in crackdown on illegal snooping
David Leask reports: Dozens of Scottish police officers are under criminal investigation in a clampdown on data breaches involving the force computer system. A total of 43 officers have been put on to restricted duties and another officer has been suspended, solely because of allegations of illegally accessing confidential information. Read more on Herald Scotland….
MN: Former state employee who led ID theft ring gets 4.5 years
Emily Gurnon reports: A former state Department of Labor and Industry worker was sentenced Friday to 4-1/2 years in prison for her role in a broad identity-theft ring. Roxanne Kay DeFlorin was the last of four defendants sentenced in Ramsey County District Court in the scheme, which included DeFlorin’s theft of identities from her job….
PNC claims former employee, Morgan Stanley stole information
From the bring-your-own-device-to-work dept.: Brian Bowling reports: A former senior vice president of PNC Bank‘s Palm Beach Office used her cell phone to snap pictures of her computer screen just hours before she resigned to take a job with a competitor, the Pittsburgh-based bank claims in a federal lawsuit filed Friday. PNC Bank and PNC…
UK: Thames Valley police face fine for officers’ £800-a-head claims scam
Steven Morris provides another update to a breach previously covered on this blog: A police force faces a fine from the information commissioner and compensation claims from thousands of motorists after an officer stole accident victims’ details from a police computer and sold them on to personal injury solicitors. Sugra Hanif, a constable with Thames Valley police, was jailed…