Nicole DeFeudis reports: AbbVie accused a former employee and a rival oncology developer of stealing trade secrets about its antibody-drug conjugate programs. The pharma giant on Friday filed suit in California federal court against Adcentrx and scientist Danny Lee, who left AbbVie in 2021 to join Adcentrx. The complaint alleges that Lee was “in a…
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Former employee of Massachusetts high school pleads guilty in cyberattack
Updating a recent post, Russ Reed reports: A former information technology manager at a Massachusetts high school pleaded guilty Wednesday to targeting the school’s network during a cyberattack earlier this year. Conor LaHiff, 30, of Ayer, pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court to one count of unauthorized damage to protected computers, according to the U.S….
UK: Severn Valley Medical Practice data breach leads to sacking
Joseph Broady reports: A staff member at a city GP surgery was sacked after lying about having appointments – resulting in a patient data breach. The data breach was confirmed by Severn Valley Medical Practice, which oversees the Henwick Halt Medical Centre in St John’s and the Lyppard Grange Medical Centre in Warndon. A letter was sent by…
Disgruntled Cloud Engineer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Intentionally Damaging His Former Employer’s Computer Network After He Was Fired
Miklos Daniel Brody Retaliated Against His Former Employer, a Bank, by Damaging the Bank’s Cloud System and Stealing Valuable Computer Code SAN FRANCISCO – Miklos Daniel Brody was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for a network intrusion and for making false statements to a government agency, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey…
Former Public School Information Technology Manager Charged with Damaging School’s Computer Network
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts on November 29: BOSTON – An Ayer man was charged today and agreed to plead guilty in connection with a June 2023 cyberattack targeting the computer network of his former employer, an Essex County public high school. Conor LaHiff, 30, was charged in an Information with one count…
NZ: Health Worker Arrested for Misusing Vaccination Data: A Case of Breach of Trust
Somasetty Suresh reports: A health worker has been apprehended by the authorities for an alleged misuse and disclosure of vaccination data. The individual, whose identity has not been revealed, has been charged with accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes. The incident came to light recently, prompting swift action from the concerned authorities. The accused…