Lee Ervin Dale, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced for his participation in a tax refund scheme using stolen identities. United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams sentenced Dale to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered restitution in the amount of $275,740. Dale was indicted in October 2012 was convicted in…
NJ: Leader Of Large-Scale Identity Theft Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For His Role In Fraud Enterprise
The leader of a fraud ring that engaged in identity theft and financial crimes which have led to charges against 54 individuals was sentenced to 144 months in prison for directing the large-scale, sophisticated criminal enterprise, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Sang-Hyun Park, a/k/a “Jimmy,” 48, of Palisades Park, N.J., previously pleaded guilty before…
‘Ugly’ computer hack named the largest ever
John Glenday reports: The largest computer hack ever conducted has reportedly taken place after servers across Europe were inundated with spam in a concerted effort to bring them down. Exploiting loopholes in the Network Time Protocol, a system used to synchronise the internet, attackers were able to flood servers with around 400 gigabits of data…
JP: Accused hacker: ‘I’m innocent’
Tomohiro Osaki reports: The man accused of hacking other people’s computers to make a series of violent threats in 2012 maintained his “utter innocence” as his trial opened Wednesday at the Tokyo District Court. Yusuke Katayama, a former employee of a Tokyo information technology company, was arrested in February 2013 on suspicion of remotely manipulating…
Did AOL's CEO violate HIPAA?
By now, most people are aware of a statement by AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong that blamed employee benefits cuts on two “distressed babies” where the health plan had paid out one million dollars each for the babies’ care. His comments were disturbing on a number of levels, but did his statement violate HIPAA’s Privacy Rule?…
Google cloud gets on board with HIPAA
Erin McCann reports: To all the developers building applications in the cloud that need to comply with HIPAA privacy rules: You’ve just gained a big ally. Internet behemoth Google recently announced its cloud platform will now be HIPAA-friendly and will support business associate agreements going forward. Read more on Healthcare IT News.