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Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Dissent

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of national defense information. According to his plea agreement, from December 1993 through Aug. 27, 2016, Martin was employed by at least…

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Security increased at Baltimore city buildings after fired IT employee gains access to sensitive areas

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Dissent

Kevin Rector reports: Security is being increased at Baltimore’s municipal buildings after a former employee, fired for having alleged hacking tools on his city computer, managed to gain “unfettered access” to sensitive areas at the Abel Wolman Municipal Building downtown, according to a report by the city’s inspector general and multiple sources familiar with the…

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UK: Former motor industry worker ordered to pay £25,500 from proceeds of data theft

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Dissent

A motor industry employee who was sentenced to six months in prison in November 2018 for accessing personal data without permission, has been ordered to pay a £25,500 confiscation order in a case brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Following a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court, London on 15 July, the judge determined…

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Ca: Desjardins expands protection plan for members after data breach

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Dissent

Frédéric Tomesco reports: Mouvement Desjardins is expanding a protection plan for personal and business customers in the wake of the data leak that compromised the personal information of more than 2.9 million members. All current and future Desjardins caisse members are now automatically and permanently protected against identity theft at no cost, chief executive officer…

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Former Desjardins president falls victim to identity theft after data breach

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Dissent

Colin Harris reports: As millions of Quebecers worry about a data breach at Desjardins Group, the former president of Canada’s biggest federation of credit unions says that he himself is a victim of identify theft. Claude Béland, president of Desjardins from 1987 to 2000, told Radio-Canada that three companies wrote to him saying that he…

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Quebec, federal Privacy Commissioners investigate Desjardins breach

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, an announcement concerning the alleged rogue insider breach at a financial institution that impacted the personal information of more than 2.9 million of its members, including 2.7 million individual members and 173,000 business members. On July 8, the Commissioner announced: The Commission d’accès à l’information du…

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