Cape Cod Today staff report: A New Bedford man was sentenced yesterday for violating conditions of his supervised release by engaging in another cybercrime after being released from federal custody after two prior convictions. Cameron Lacroix, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Mark L. Wolf to 15 months in prison, to be…
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Former South Elgin nurse gets court supervision for taking sexual images stolen from Naperville patient’s phone
Clifford Ward reports: A male registered nurse from South Elgin who stole sexual photos and videos from the phone of a Naperville woman being treated for substance abuse has been sentenced to court supervision and 20 days at the DuPage County work program. Mark Luis, 36, of the 700 block of Waterside Drive, was found…
Surgical Assistant Suspected of Identity Theft Scheme at Southern California Hospitals
Eric Leonard, Philip Drechsler and Andrew Blankstein report: A man who worked as a surgical assistant has been arrested on suspicion of stealing identities, financial data, and money from employees and patients while working at several Los Angeles area hospitals, law enforcement sources told NBCLA. James Shannon, also known as James Sannon and other aliases,…
Little Rock Plastic Surgery releases statement after internal HIPAA breach
KATV reports: A Little Rock plastic surgery clinic released a statement on Friday about a HIPAA breach that happened in July. According to a statement from Little Rock Plastic Surgery, it was discovered on or about July 15, 2019, that a nurse downloaded reports, photos, and other information that contained Protected Health Information of several…
Capital One Hack Prosecution Raises New and Old Questions about Adequacy of CFAA
Timothy H. Gray, Ethan Kisch and Michael F. Buchanan of Patterson Belknap write: On August 28, 2019, almost a month after Paige A. Thompson was arrested based on allegations that she hacked into servers rented by Capital One Financial Corporation, a criminal indictment was returned charging her with one count each of computer and wire…
Ca: Unauthorized Accesses of Health Information Lead to Eleventh Conviction
August 29, 2019 — A former billing clerk with Alberta Health Services (AHS) pleaded guilty in Red Deer Provincial Court to illegally accessing health information under the Health Information Act (HIA) on August 21, 2019. Rosario Aldave was found to have accessed the health records of 52 Albertans without authorization. She received a $5,000 fine and was…