Stuart Robinson reports that in the past two years, the West Yorkshire Police have opened 141 investigations into staff snooping and misuse of the police confidential database. The data, obtained under freedom of information requests filed by the paper, revealed that 90 involved police officers while 51 looked into the conduct of police staff. The…
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MN: Lawsuit says state license database abused, often for political reasons
Tesla Rodriquez reports: State Rep. Steve Drazkowski is one of 18 plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Thursday that claims employees from Wabasha and Winona counties, the city of Winona and nearly 50 other counties and cities illegally accessed personal information hundreds of times. The lawsuit claims that an unknown number of state employees used the…
Vodafone Hacker Accesses 2 Million Customers’ Banking Data
Richard Weiss reports: An intruder hacked into a Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) server in Germany, gaining access to 2 million customers’ personal details and banking information. A person with insider knowledge stole data including names, addresses, birth dates, and bank account information, the world’s second-biggest mobile-phone carrier said in a statement today. The hacker had no access to credit-card information,…
NY: Brewster salon owner stole from customers to pay for vacation, flight – Feds
Lee Higgins reports: A Brewster salon owner stole more than $17,000 from customers, using their credit and debit card numbers to pay for a 10-day trip to a Georgia resort and a flight to North Carolina, the Secret Service said in court documents. Pamela Pinchbeck, 43, of Carmel, who owned Matthew David Hair Design on…
Trade Secret Theft Case Nets 5-Year Prison Term for North Texas Exec
A press release provides the latest development in a case involving insider wrongdoing: A civil trade secret theft case initiated by Dallas attorney Matthew Yarbrough has resulted in a five-year federal prison term for a former North Texas CEO following his conviction for computer hacking. Michael Musacchio, 62, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison on Sept. 5 by U.S….
Former state of Minnesota worker stole IDs of 269 public employees, charges say
Emily Gurnon reports that investigators have found the names and SSN of 269 public employees in the home of a former employee of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Roxanne Kay Deflorin “may have been a source of some of the stolen identities” used by three other women charged in the case, the complaint said….