Today’s reminder of the insider threat was reported by Tribune News Service: The cybercrime cell here has registered an FIR against Divyanshu Jain, Director of Divrit Consultancy Pvt Ltd, and Aaina Gupta, a former compliance assistant at a Chandigarh-based chartered accountancy firm, for allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive data of over 2,000 clients and misusing…
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Nude photos and names: KU Health and Kansas hospital sued for data breach
Stacey Saldanha-Olson reports: Two undisclosed patients filed a lawsuit April 15 after a Lawrence physical therapist breached more than 400 people’s medical data to target women who’d had breast augmentation surgery and other plastic surgery, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court of Kansas. The undisclosed patients are suing through a class action…
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
Minh Phoung Ngoc Vong Participated in a Multi-Year Fraudulent Scheme to Obtain Remote Information Technology Work With U.S. Companies and Government Agencies for Persons Based in China Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 40, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme whereby he conspired with unknown individuals,…
Preservation notice sent to Radford University in widening data leak case
Thomas Mundy reports: Attorneys have sent a preservation notice to Radford University leaders to preserve all relevant evidence regarding a possible data breach involving former students. Former Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss has been federally indicted after prosecutors accused him of hacking into private accounts of student-athletes to access potentially compromising images. “When it…
MrBeast sues former employee for stealing confidential files and installing hidden cameras in company offices
Yet another reminder of the insider threat. As seen in The Express Tribune: YouTube superstar Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has filed a lawsuit against former employee Leroy Nabors, alleging theft of confidential company data and unauthorized surveillance. As reported by Dexerto, the legal complaint accuses Nabors of misappropriating trade secrets, breaching his employment contract, and secretly recording…
Kaiser fires security exec amid disputed allegations involving a police database breach
Jakob Emerson reports on what is a disputed claim of insider-wrongdoing: Kaiser Permanente has terminated its national director of corporate security investigations, Craig Chew, amid allegations he received confidential data from a California criminal database accessed by an Oakland police officer, the Mercury News reported April 6. Mr. Chew, a former police officer, was fired along with…