Jeremy Pawloski reports on a case that reminds us that low-tech crimes still exist and can affect numerous people A judge sentenced an Olympia-area man to 15 years in prison Thursday in connection with what law enforcement has called Thurston County’s largest identity-theft case. Anthony Vaughn, 31, earlier had pleaded guilty to three counts of…
(update) Baptist Hospital Employee Charged After Medical Files Found
WFMY News reports the latest development in a breach mentioned previously on this blog. … a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center employee, Linda Turner, stole hundreds, possibly thousands, of people’s medical records.They say she kept the files in the basement of a home she owns and other storage units. Prosecutors charged Turner with felony larceny…
Lawmakers Question Sony, Epsilon on Data Breaches
Grant Gross reports: Recent data breaches at Sony’s PlayStation Network and at e-mail service provider Epsilon will lead to legislation focused on improving cybersecurity at U.S. companies, the chairwoman of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee said Thursday. Representative Mary Bono Mack, a California Republican, said she will soon introduce legislation focused on ensuring that…
YASH (Yet Another Sony Hack)
From the this-can’t-be-good dept. and the folks at Lulz Security: Greetings folks. We’re LulzSec, and welcome to Sownage. Enclosed you will find various collections of data stolen from internal Sony networks and websites,all of which we accessed easily and without the need for outside support or money. We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised over…
UK: Royal Bolton Hospital patients’ details dumped in a McDonald's bin
An investigation has been launched after confidential hospital patient documents were discovered in a bin. The information — which contained names, ages and medical history of patients at The Royal Bolton Hospital— was found in a bin outside McDonald’s in Derby Street, Bolton, on Monday, by a diner at the restaurant. The document contained the…
UK: Police probe after confidential medical records found dumped in Coventry
Would you want your records exposed this way? Even if you’re not worried about identity theft or employment discrimination, would you want others knowing such sensitive information>? Martin Bagot reports: Police are investigating after confidential medical records were found by a member of the public in Coventry. He reported finding the highly sensitive documents dumped…