Nicole Garcia reports: Two former employees of a financial firm in Tempe are arrested in what police are calling a multi-million dollar case of fraud. Officers booked Dria Carr and Eric Hernandez, both of Phoenix, on felony counts of theft and computer tampering. According to detectives, while working at “Freedom Financial Network” in Tempe, Carr sent…
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Saudi hacker gives 19 students full grades, faces jail and millions in fine
Mariam Nabbout reports: A Saudi student hacked into his university’s system to change his classmates’ grades and is now facing legal trouble in the kingdom. This week, the country’s public prosecution recommended the young man receives a four-year jail sentence and a 3-million Saudi riyal fine ($799,804). The defendant, who studies at the King Faisal University in Hofuf,…
MI: ‘Curious’ hospital employee improperly accessed thousands of medical records
Anya van Wagtendonk reports: Private medical records that may have included Social Security numbers of more than 4,000 patients at a Grand Haven hospital were improperly accessed by a hospital employee over more than three years. Between May 2016 and Oct. 2019, a hospital employee accessed the records of 4,013 patients at the North Ottawa…
Apple has ‘deep concerns’ that ex-employees accused of theft will flee to China
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…
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…