More from CanWest on a Canadian breach reported previously over on PogoWasRight.org: A B.C. government employee under investigation for an alleged privacy breach is accused of e-mailing personal data about government clients to an American border guard in Washington state. Government sources confirmed Friday that the employee, who works from the Lower Mainland for the…
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AZ: Former owner of Citrus Café arrested in Texas; faces fraud charges
Edythe Jensen reports: A self-proclaimed foodie and former owner of the posh Citrus Café in Chandler will likely be eating jail chow instead of escargot and chardonnay while he awaits trial on multiple theft and fraud charges. Andrew Paparella Jr., 36, was extradited to Chandler from Texas Thursday, said police spokesman David Ramer. He was…
Autopsy reports altered in data breach at WDH: Frisbie says it will notify families of deceased
Adam D. Krauss updates us on an insider breach at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH) that was covered previously on this site. Frisbie Memorial Hospital says it will notify the families of two patients whose autopsy reports were altered when a Wentworth-Douglass Hospital employee made unauthorized changes to patients records’ at WDH’s pathology lab. Frisbie’s plan is…
UK: PCSO fined for data access breach
A police community support officer has been fined £2,000 for unlawfully accessing information on Metropolitan Police databases. Thomas Childs, 22, who has resigned from his post in Hackney, east London, admitted seven counts of breaching the Data Protection Act. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court he also admitted attempting to obtain information involving personal data. Read more…
Former Lone Star National Bank VP convicted of bank fraud
A former vice president and senior loan officer of Lone Star National Bank has been convicted of bank fraud. Emma Vigil, 48, of McAllen, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud. At the hearing, Vigil admitted to using her position at Lone Star to conduct hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent and unauthorized…
HSBC Heist Includes Data on 130,000 Clients Worldwide, JDD Says
Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) reports that the data stolen from HSBC in Geneva includes information on 130,000 clients from around the world, according to a story in Bloomberg News that cites the paper and a French prosecutor, Eric de Montgolfier. A former employee at the Swiss bank leaked the information to de Montgolfier, who…