Alistair Munro reports: The Scottish Ambulance Service has apologised to staff in Moray after a “serious” data information breach. The SAS has launched a “detailed investigation” into how confidential details of employees were left in a garage in Forres. Moray MP Douglas Ross has raised the issue with SAS bosses after being contacted by a…
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Junior doctor who accessed patient records improperly and failed to engage with regulator is struck off
From an article in BMJ: A junior doctor who improperly accessed the medical records of three hospital patients without a legitimate reason and who then lied about it to a trust investigation has been struck off the UK medical register after failing to engage with the regulatory process. Neha Muralidharan was suspended for 10 months…
Amazon sacks insiders over data leak, alerts customers
Ax Sharma reports: Amazon has recently terminated employees responsible for leaking customer data, including their email addresses, to an unaffiliated third-party in violation of company policies. The company has sent out an email announcement to affected customers following the incident. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Insider Threat: Vengeful Former Century 21 Employee Charged with Alleged Computer Tampering
October 21 – Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of HECTOR NAVARRO, 30, a former Human Resources systems administrator at Century 21’s Manhattan department store, for breaching the company’s network to steal and alter data. NAVARRO is charged in a New York Supreme Court indictment with Attempted Grand Larceny in the…
Florida Resident Sentenced To 2 Years Probation after Previously Pleading Guilty To Accessing a Protected Computer without Authorization and Recklessly Causing Damage
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization…
Documents give details on Hennepin Healthcare employees fired for ‘improperly’ accessing George Floyd records
Hannah Flood reports: The public is learning more about some employees at Hennepin HealthCare who were fired for accessing George Floyd’s medical information when they weren’t supposed to. An attorney for Floyd’s family was notified last month that his medical records were accessed multiple times by employees at the hospital, violating Floyd’s medical privacy and…