Darren Boyle reports: A Russian man who ran a sophisticated computer hacking network which stole at least £2 million from the bank accounts of UK businesses has been jailed for nine years. Vugar Mollachiev, 37, of Berkeley Gardens, north London, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court for conspiracy to defraud and…
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Celebrity hospital worker hacked files to find out what her colleagues were paid
Chris Osuh reports: A worker with a grudge over pay hacked files at the ‘celebrity’ hospital where she worked after becoming ‘paranoid’ workmates were earning more than her. Financial administrator Karen Enabofio, 43, looked up colleagues’ salaries and emailed clients’ personal data to herself while working at the private Cygnet Hospital in Bury. Manchester Magistrates…
Privacy report says 49 workers unlawfully viewed info on Calgary patient
Canadian Press reports: Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says 49 health workers unlawfully viewed and used information about a Calgary patient and her daughter in 2015. The investigation started after the Alberta Health Services privacy office was notified of a breach of information by the emergency department manager at South Health Campus. The patient’s file…
Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker
Rob Davies reports: Shipping company Clarksons is bracing for a tranche of private data to be released, after refusing to pay a ransom to a hacker who staged a “criminal attack” on its computer systems. In a statement to the stock market, the world’s largest shipbroker said it was working with specialist police and contacting…
Tens of thousands of medical records including treatment plans and cancer diagnoses were lost in the post
Jason Beattie reports a concerning follow-up to the NHS Shared Business Services breach reported previously. Health chiefs are today slammed by MPs for their “staggering” failure to reassure patients after tens of thousands of clinical records were lost in the post. MPs say patients have been “badly failed,” with many still being kept in the…
In: Important documents of Social Welfare Department found lying on street
The Sentinel reports: Tezpur, Nov 27: There has been strong reaction over the recent act of absolute negligence on the part of a Supervisor of the Social Welfare Department in Tezpur in Sonitpur district after 300 important documents related to physically-abled persons were found scattered on the road by an auto-rickshaw driver. According to sources,…