Stephen Nelling Apple Inc on Monday told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trade secrets from the company will try to flee before their trials if their locations are not monitored. At a hearing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, prosecutors argued…
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Update: Desjardins says data breach also affects 1.8-million credit cardholders
Frédéric Tomesco reports: The privacy breach at Mouvement Desjardins now extends to credit cardholders. About 1.8-million cardholders who are not Desjardins members may have had their personal information compromised, chief executive officer Guy Cormier said Tuesday. The rogue employee at the centre of the leak — who has since been fired — had access to banking details…
Hairmyres Hospital creep facing jail over data protection breach
East Kilbride News reports: A Hairmyres Hospital worker chatted up patients after breaching data protection rules to get contact details from their medical records. Andrew Stewart had access to patient files at two different medical facilities, and allegedly misused his access privileges to obtain contact data on female patients whom he would then contact. He…
BJP leader Kanna Lakshmi Narayana demands arrest of IT Grids chief in data theft case
Express News Service reports: VIJAYAWADA: BJP State president Kanna Lakshmi Narayana has shot off a letter to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy demanding that the chief of IT Grids India Pvt Ltd, D Ashok, who was allegedly involved in a data theft case, be arrested immediately. The senior BJP leader said the arrest of…
Man pleads guilty in scheme that took millions from military members
Fox5 reports: A San Diego man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that took millions of dollars from U.S. servicemembers by utilizing stolen identity information, the Department of Justice said Friday. Trorice Crawford, 32, entered his plea Thursday to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and faces up to 20…
NYC Health & Hospitals Corp. investigating alleged employee wrongdoing
NYC Health & Hospitals Corp. posted a notice this week (reproduced below) that suggests that a rogue employee may have been selling PHI to law firms or clinics that specialize in motor vehicle accident patients. Of note, this notice does not specify any one hospital where the employee worked. Did the employee have access to…