Catherine Tunney reports: A Canada Border Services Agency agent breached federal privacy law when she took a photo of confidential police information and emailed it to a member of her family, says an internal report. According to a copy of the findings, recently obtained by CBC News through access to information law, the Calgary Police…
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Ca: Clients notified of privacy breach at Child and Family Services
Brian Higgins reports about an incident on Prince Edward Island: Some clients of Child and Family Services on P.E.I. have been notified by registered letter of a security breach involving their personal information. The letter, dated Aug. 6, was sent by the Department of Social Housing and Development to clients whose electronic files were affected. The…
FBI: Nashville company Asurion paid $300K ransom after private data was stolen; former employee named as suspect
Brian Kelman reports: A Nashville corporation paid at least $300,000 in ransom to a extortionist who claimed he stole private info of thousands of employees and more than a million customers, according to new court records from an ongoing FBI investigation. Asurion, a global phone insurance and tech support company headquartered in the city, confirmed the breach but said it believes the suspect…
Patient sues Lehigh Valley Health Network saying doctor illegally tapped his medical records and shared them with business associates
Binghui Huang reports on a lawsuit arising from alleged patient record snooping. But this case seems to have another element to it: what did the health system do after it learned — and confirmed — that patient record snooping had occurred? A man who spent a couple months in Lehigh Valley Hospital claims in a…
NT police chief admits officers breached privacy of public servant’s medical records
Steven Shubert reports: Reece Kershaw, the Northern Territory’s Police Commissioner and soon-to-be federal police chief, has admitted some of his officers inappropriately accessed the private medical records of a public servant. But NT Police won’t say if the department the man worked for was involved, nor if the officers responsible have been disciplined. Luke Horsfall,…
AT&T Insiders Bribed With Over $1 Million To Unlock 2 Million Phones And Hack Their Employer, DOJ Claims
Thomas Brewster reports: A 34-year-old from Pakistan has been extradited from Hong Kong to the U.S., over allegations he bribed AT&T employees over five years to unlock more than 2 million phones. He was also accused of hacking into AT&T computers. It cost AT&T millions, whilst the insiders were paid more than $1 million in…