The Herald Scotland reports: A Crown Office worker has been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act and Data Protection Act by leaking information about court cases to people he knew. Iain Sawers, 25, was convicted after a seven-day trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. A jury returned guilty verdicts on charges of attempting to…
Third-party vendor in Goodwill breach identified
idRADAR.com has uncovered an important detail in the Goodwill Industries breach – the identity of the third-party vendor. They report that it’s C&K Systems. Read more on idRADAR.com.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. sued by ex-fiancée over sonogram photo and accusation that she sought an abortion
If your then-fiancée was carrying twins that you fathered, can you post a picture of the sonagram on Facebook or is that an invasion of your now ex-fiancée’s privacy? I won’t even begin to address the accusation of abortion. Let’s just deal with the first part of this case.
Update: CV officials: Specialist not 100 percent certain on hacker access to district files
An update to this breach: Cumberland Valley School District Friday continued to warn parents about a hacking incident after a forensic specialist concluded in a report that there is not a 100 percent guarantee that no confidential information was accessed. The information Friday stems from an incident on Aug. 21 in which district administration was…
Adobe Data Breach Lawsuit Picks Up Speed
William Dotinga reports: Adobe will face the bulk of a class action stemming from “shoddy security protocols” that led to a massive data breach, a federal judge ruled Thursday. After hackers stole the credit card and log-in data of 38 million people from Adobe’s systems last year, consumers behind the sprawling consolidated action faulted Adobe for ignoring…
Update: Man who stole fellow soldiers’ identity info sentenced to two years in prison
Amy Forliti of AP has update to a previously reported breach: A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to stealing identification information from members of his former Army unit at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg has been sentenced to two years in prison. Keith Michael Novak was sentenced Friday in federal court on one count of identity theft. Read more on…