John Beauge reports: A Lycoming County judge has refused to dismiss a vicarious liability claim against UPMC Susquehanna that is being sued because an employee accessed the medical records of a co-worker without authorization. Judge Eric R. Linhardt on Wednesday rejected UMPC’s claim it was not liable because Taylor Fausnaught failed to state any claim…
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MO: Judge orders Jefferson City School District to rehire fired administrator
Matthew Sanders Joe McLean report that a court has sided with a former school district employee who had been fired for transferring student files to her personal computer. A judge ruled this week that the Jefferson City School District illegally fired an administrator who transferred work files to her personal computer. Cole County Circuit Judge…
MO: Detectives investigate data breach at Jefferson County School District
KMOV reports: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is trying to determine the full extent of a data breach at the Hillsboro R-3 School District, but believe there could end up being dozens of victims. “We applied for search warrants on Friday, executed some search warrants and we were able to take into our custody a…
Coder charged in massive CIA leak portrayed as vindictive
Jim Mustian of AP reports: A software engineer on trial in the largest leak of classified information in CIA history was “prepared to do anything” to betray the agency, federal prosecutors said Monday as a defense attorney argued the man had been scapegoated for a breach that exposed secret cyberweapons and spying techniques. A Manhattan…
KY: Spencer County student writes code to hack into online learning program, boost grades
Deni Kamper reports: About a dozen Spencer County High School students have been disciplined after one student admitted to hacking into an online learning program. Principal Stephen Webb said about three weeks ago, an English teacher noticed irregularities in some students’ scores on the Reading Plus program. The program assesses reading proficiency and designs lessons…
Ste-Justine hospital employee fired after patient files consulted without authorization
Canadian Press reports: An employee of Ste-Justine hospital was fired after she consulted “without justification” the medical files of 344 patients, some of them employees, the hospital announced on Friday. The hospital said it had also filed a complaint with police against the ex-employee, who worked in one of its clinics. Read more on Montreal…