Coltrane Carlson reports: Landus Cooperative has filed a lawsuit against two former employees and New Cooperative. The lawsuit that was filed in the U.S. Northern District of Central Iowa Court and names two former employees Jeffrey Headley and Brian Berns, along with New Cooperative in 13 counts for alleged theft and misappropriation of confidential information…
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Rady Children’s Hospital sued over Blackbaud breach
Law360 is reporting that Rady Children’s Hospital has been sued over the Blackbaud ransomware breach. The complaint alleges violations of California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act . The hospital had reported in October that they were notifying 19,788 about the breach. Access to the Law360 article is restricted to subscribers, but DataBreaches.net’s tracking file on…
Tesla Claims Engineer Stole Secrets Just Days Into the Job
Joel Rosenblatt reports: A former Tesla Inc. software engineer was ordered to appear before a judge to face allegations that three days into his job, he started stealing confidential files and transferring them to a personal storage account. During his two-week employment ending Jan. 6, Alex Khatilov stole more than 6,000 scripts, or files of code, that…
HIPAA Enforcement by State Attorneys General
HIPAA Journal has a nice recap of of HIPAA enforcement actions by states attorney general. You can read it here.
Update: Security breach that led to abusive posts on Canvas solved, Clark County School District says
Julie Wootton-Greener reports: The Clark County School District has found out how a person gained access to an online learning platform and used it to post “inappropriate messages.” The district said in a statement late Wednesday that the staff had “identified and corrected” the problem that enabled the intruder to access the district’s Canvas system…
Former ADT Technician Pleads Guilty to Having Hacked Customers’ Home Security Video Feeds
A home security technician has pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into customers’ video feeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Prerak Shah. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former ADT employee, pleaded guilty to computer fraud on Thursday before Magistrate Judge David Horan. “This defendant, entrusted with safeguarding customers’ homes, instead intruded on their…