There’s an update to litigation stemming from misuse of a Minnesota state database. The case began in 2013, when Amy Krekelberg received a notice from Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources that informed her that an employee had abused his access to a government driver’s license database and snooped on thousands of people in the state,…
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Malaysia call centre worker jailed for retrieving Singtel customer details that were later sold to loan sharks
Lydia Lam reports: A team leader at a call centre in Malaysia handling technical support for Singtel customers helped an ex-colleague retrieve information from more than 1,000 business accounts belonging to licensed moneylenders. The information, which included bills, company names and landline numbers, was later used by data sellers to carry out loan sharking activities….
Playing ‘Price is Right’-style game, GR doctors post operating room photos online
Susan Samples reports: Spectrum Health says it has launched an investigation after a group of doctors posted to Instagram photos taken in the operating room that show an organ from one patient and fibroid tissue from another. One picture showed a doctor posing with a length of fibrous tissue in his hand. It appeared the…
FDLE arrests mother and daughter for unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement today arrested Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and her daughter, 17, of Pensacola on one count each of offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices (a 3rd degree felony), unlawful use of a two-way communications device (a 3rd degree felony), criminal use of personally…
Owner of Connecticut Mental Health Services Agency Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charge
March 11 – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WALI MUHAMMAD, 45, of Branford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of health care fraud. Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the court proceeding before…
Apple sues former MacBook product design employee for allegedly leaking to the press
Ian Sherr reports: Apple says a former product design employee stole information about hardware products, unannounced features and future plans and leaked them to a journalist, breaking the company’s nondisclosure policies and trade secrets laws. In the the lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court of the Northern District of California, Apple outlined a…