The Metropolitan Police issued the following news release: Graham Broomfield, 54 (5.01.65) of Tye Green Village, Harlow was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 20 September. He had previously pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position. Detective Sergeant Gemma Cole, from the Specialist Crime Command, said: “Broomfield’s crimes were…
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‘Detailed and graphic’: Clinic faxes patients’ highly sensitive medical histories to wrong number
Melissa Cunningham reports: A Melbourne medical clinic has been inadvertently faxing highly sensitive patient details including mental health and family medical histories to a Greenvale man for at least two years. The man said he has been sporadically faxed at least 10 medical referrals for specialist consultations from the Harding Street Medical Centre in Coburg….
Criminal probe after data breach at Wigan hospital
Liam Sou Tar reports: The Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS Foundation Trust has sent out letters to victims of the data breach, who number more than 2,000, explaining that personal information was viewed on multiple occasions by an employee who had no legitimate reason to access the files and were not permitted to do…
Tesco parking app hauled offline after exposing 10s of millions of Automatic Number Plate Recognition images
Gareth Corfield had the exclusive on this one: Tesco has shuttered its parking validation web app after The Register uncovered tens of millions of unsecured ANPR images sitting in a Microsoft Azure blob. The images consisted of photos of cars taken as they entered and left 19 Tesco car parks spread across Britain. Visible and…
Football Leaks: Suspected hacker charged in Portugal
BBC reports: A man linked to the Football Leaks disclosures which prompted investigations into the Manchester City and Paris St-Germain clubs has been charged with 147 offences in Portugal. Rui Pinto, 30, is accused of crimes relating to unauthorised access to data and attempted extortion. Read more on BBC.
Ca: Stratford paid more than $75,000 in Bitcoin following cyber attack
Galen Simmons reports: More than five months after the City of Stratford announced it had been the target of a ransomware cyber attack on April 14, officials announced Thursday that the city paid more than $75,000 in Bitcoins as ransom to the attacker. Read more on The Beacon Herald.