Ken Berry, J.D. writes: Who can you trust with sensitive personal information like your Social Security number (SSN) and tax return data? Evidently, not even the people who used to work at the IRS. In a new case, a former IRS employee was sentenced on August 26 to two years in prison in connection with…
Fmr. Miami Dade College Employee Sentenced In ID Theft Case
Giovanna Maselli reports: A federal judge sentenced a former Miami Dade College employee in connection to an identity tax fraud scheme in South Florida. A judge sentenced Michelson Jeancy, 35, of Miami to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. FBI officials said he worked at the college as…
UCLA Health notifying patients of stolen laptop containing personal health information; third breach report in as many months?
Hard to believe, but UCLA Health is notifying patients of yet another data breach. From a notice issued today: UCLA Health is sending notification letters to 1,242 individuals about the theft of a laptop computer containing patient names, medical record numbers, and health information used to help prepare patient treatment plans. No social security numbers,…
China Allegedly Hacked Top Former FBI Lawyer
Jeff Stein reports: Marion “Spike” Bowman, a top former FBI lawyer and U.S. counterintelligence official who heads an influential organization of retired American spies, says a hacker from China penetrated his home computer, beginning with an innocent-looking email last spring. Read more on Newsweek.
The National Crime Agency website DDoSed?
Harry Readhead reports: A hacking group has claimed to have attacked the National Crime Agency in revenge for the arrest of several people for internet attacks. As part of Operation Vivarium, the NCA detained six people on 28 August for allegedly purchasing a hacking tool that allows users to temporarily shut down websites. And hackgroup…
Ca: Hospital clerk pleads guilty to stealing, selling patient records
An update from Marco Chown Oved on the Rouge Valley Hospital insider breach reported last year: A former Rouge Valley Hospital clerk has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of patient records and selling them to financial brokers over the course of more than a decade. Shaida Bandali, 61, who worked at Rouge Valley from 1995-2014,…