James Kleimann reports: In a lawsuit filed last week, a mortgage brokerage claimed that one of its former loan officers stole a database containing client names and information and brought it with him to a new job at NEXA Mortgage. Smart Mortgage, which operates in Illinois, Indiana, Colorado and Florida, filed suit against former senior loan…
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Former Cisco engineer gets two years in prison for Webex Teams hack
Allison Levitsky reports: The former Cisco Systems Inc. engineer who pleaded guilty to intentionally causing damage that shut down thousands of Webex Teams accounts for two weeks in 2018 was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison. Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh, of San Jose, resigned from the San Jose networking giant in April 2018 and joined the…
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
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…
Former Elgin Mental Health Center Employee Charged With Identity Theft
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…
KR: Telecom LG U+ fined as a third party downloads and sells customer data
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…
Mum’s the word? What are these school districts doing after a recent breach?
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…