The following press release from the DOJ is related to a scam previously noted on this blog: Natacia Webster, an employee of the state of Alabama, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue…
Financial Planner Stole Clients’ Identities
A former financial planner was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of probation for stealing personal identity information of about 3,000 clients and using the information to open new accounts, make purchases and cash advances and reroute the clients’ mail. Andrew W. Myers, 33, a former financial planner at Northwestern Mutual and…
Scottish council fined £250k after losing staff pension records
We had been told a big fine was coming, but now it’s here. PublicService.co.uk reports: Scottish Borders Council has been hit with a major fine after pension records, bank details and salary information on hundreds of employees were dumped in recycle bins, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed. The watchdog, which can fine up…
Patient privacy violated dozens of times at rural clinic
CBC reports another breach involving employees of Eastern Health Authority: Eastern Health revealed Monday that the private health information of as many as 46 patients may have been breached at an unnamed rural clinic. “One employee has been terminated as a result of the investigation while the other resigned,” Eastern Health said in a statement….
h4x0r HuSsY vs INDISHELL hacker for on going cyber war
A hacker who is apart of the Pakistani group Voice Of black Hat Hackers (VOBHH) has contacted us with an attack that has been carried out against one of the INDISHELL members personal website which is https://devils-arena.com/ and claimed owner is Silent hacker, who which we have covered many past attacks on, The Site was defaced and archived instantly then the server…
Hacker suspected of stealing scores of court documents claims no hacking required to access files
Eli Senyor and Maor Buchnik report: The police have arrested Moshe Halevi, 40, from Acre, for allegedly hacking into one of the Israeli courts’ databases and accessing thousands of case files, some of which contain classified information. Two additional suspects were arrested as well. One of the suspects, Attorney Boaz Guttman, is a former high-ranking…