Amelia Dickson reports: A Thurston County judge has set bail at $10,000 for Nicholas W. Perring, an Olympia man suspected of stealing hard drives containing names and Social Security numbers from a federal office. […] According to court documents, Perring is suspected of breaking into four offices, all at 701 Capitol Way S., on two…
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NY: Nurse who took pics of patients’ private parts at Syracuse hospital turns in license
James T. Mulder reports a follow-up on a very disturbing patient privacy breach: A nurse who took photos of an unconscious [SUNY] Upstate University Hospital patient’s penis with her smart phone has turned in her nursing license. The state Education Department announced it has approved a request from Kristen Johnson, 27, of Fulton to surrender her…
Grand Ole Opry Parent Company Falls Victim to Phishing Scam
Today’s reminder that we’re not done with all the phishing that snagged employee W-2 data. Nashville’s Ryman Hospitality Properties has fallen victim to a fraudulent phishing scam that resulted in employees’ IRS W-2 information, which includes Social Security numbers, being disclosed externally, Billboard has learned. The company is parent to entertainment brands the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and legendary…
GA: Non-profit director leaves town and abandons donations and clients’ personal information
WRDW reports: The director of the non-profit organization, Community in Action, left town and abandoned donations along with her clients’ personal information. Her landlord discovered copies clients’ social security cards, drivers’ licenses and birth certificates left in the home. Trish Wilcher took back possession of her rental home just a few weeks ago. She rented…
Anti-Semitic fliers at Princeton U., other colleges were work of known hacker
Kevin Shea reports: The anti-Semitic fliers found on printers at Princeton University and dozens of other colleges last week were the work of a hacker once prosecuted in New Jersey on charges he stole 120,000 email addresses from AT&T-connected iPads. Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, a self-described “white nationalist hacktivist” now living in the partially-recognized country of Abkhazia, said…
TX: Alto city office battles ransomware issue
Ransomware continues to hit smaller entities and not just big hospital systems. Jo Anne Embleton reports: Being struck by a software virus is every computer user’s worst fear, including Alto city officials, who are now having to deal with the aftermath of a ransomware virus. Earlier this month, the city utilities office was hit by…