This breach may not turn out to be the biggest insider breach of 2025, but it may well turn out to be one of the most impactful. Jason Leopold reports: A software company that handles sensitive data for nearly every US federal agency was the victim of a cyber breach earlier this year due to…
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Former Sussex Police officer facing trial for rape charged with 18 further offences relating to computer misuse
Matt Pole reports: A former Sussex Police officer, currently facing trial for rape and sexual assault charges following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation, has been charged with 18 further criminal offences. The IOPC said ex-PC Christopher Mallet, 40, who was a police constable based at Horsham, is due to appear at Guildford…
Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data and are demanding $20 million ransom
Tanaya Macheel reports on what appears to be a very costly attack that involved bribing overseas agents: Coinbase on Thursday reported that cyber criminals bribed overseas support agents to steal customer data to use in social engineering attacks. The incident may cost Coinbase up to $400 million to fix, the company estimated. The crypto exchange operator…
N.W.T.’s medical record system under the microscope after 2 reported cases of snooping
Sidney Cohen reports that both cases involved employees of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority: Medical records are among the most sensitive pieces of information that a government agency keeps on citizens. But these records are not impervious to snooping, as evidenced by two distinct cases reported this year by the Northwest Territories…
California man pleads guilty to wire fraud for $1 million fraud scheme to steal from his employer
Today’s reminder of the insider threat: Seattle – A 43-year-old Laguna Niguel, California man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to wire fraud for his scheme to steal nearly $1 million from his employer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Paul Joseph Welch was the IT manager of Kent, Washington energy…
Saskatoon children’s hospital nurse unlawfully snooped on records of 314 patients: privacy report
Brandon Harder provides this morning’s reminder of the insider threat: Without legal authority, a nurse who worked at Saskatoon’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital snooped on the private medical records of 314 patients, according to a recent report. The report, dated April 23 and signed by Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski, states that…