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Man Sentenced to 42 Months Imprisonment for Stealing Personal Identifying Information of More Than 8,000 Healthcare.Gov Customers and Causing $587,000 in Losses

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dissent

New Orleans —  U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that COLBI TRENT DEFIORE, age 27, a resident of Carriere, Mississippi, was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and payment of a $100 special assessment fee by United States District Judge Jay A. Zainey after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment with…

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Former Elgin Mental Health Center Employee Charged With Identity Theft

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dissent

CBS Chicago reports:  Illinois State Police announced Wednesday that they have arrested a former Elgin Mental Health Center employee on identity theft charges. Kayla Brown, 25, of Country Club Hills, has been charged with a total of four felony counts of identity theft. She is an employee of the Illinois Department of Human Services, which…

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KR: Telecom LG U+ fined as a third party downloads and sells customer data

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

Korea JoongAng Daily reports: LG U+ was hit with 21.6 million won ($20,000) in government fines for a failure to secure customer data, which led to a massive breach and unauthorized sharing of sensitive information. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced Wednesday that it imposed a total of 75 million won in fines on…

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Mum’s the word? What are these school districts doing after a recent breach?

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

On November 15, ABC in Chicago reported that suburban school district Township High School District 211 experienced a security breach in which outgoing emails, phone calls, and text messages had been compromised over the weekend.  Parents reported receiving offensive messages, some of which were sexual. On November 20, Patch reported that a teacher’s account in…

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VA: Federal Aviation Administration Employee Arrested for Using Confidential Information for Attempted Extortion Scheme

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Dissent

Brian J. Booth, a 38-year-old Virginia resident, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with mail fraud for a scheme to use information stolen from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an attempt to extort foreign officials and obtain payment for the information. According to Court records, Booth, an FAA employee, had access to…

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Mercy Health discloses an insider breach, fires the employee

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Dissent

The following press release gives no indication as to how many patients were impacted, or what the employee’s motivation might have been.  Was this just a curiosity/snooping situation, or was there some other motive?  ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This news release is being issued to provide notice about a medical records privacy incident…

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