This press release from the Idaho U.S. Attorney’s Office: In the first six months of 2010, the United States Attorney’s Office, United States Secret Service and the United States Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, have teamed up with the Boise Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute identity theft…
Florida governor vetos bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions
Hillary Stemple reports: Florida Governor Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed [veto letter text,PDF] a bill [HB 1143 materials] that would have required women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound or listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure would be performed. Read more on JURIST.
J.P. Morgan Chase employee pleads guilty to selling customer profiles
Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Monroe County woman pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Nealon to participating in a scheme with others to access and unlawfully obtain more than $60,000 from accounts in a New Jersey bank. Pfannenschmidt stated that Christine…
Five California Hospitals Fined Over Unauthorized Access to Patient Records
Thanks to a reader who sent me the link, here is a more complete listing of the $675,000 in fines recently imposed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on hospitals over privacy breaches involving unauthorized access to patient files by employees: 1. Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County: The hospital…
TX: Another Pleads Guilty in Botnet Hacking Conspiracy
Thomas James Frederick Smith, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected computer and to commit computer fraud, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Smith’s co-defendant, David Anthony Edwards, pleaded guilty to the same offense on April 29,…
Insurers Deny Coverage for Breach Notice Costs (and why companies should consider cyber insurance coverage and why brokers should offer it)
David Navetta comments on the litigation involving the University of Utah, Perpetual Storage, and Colorado Casualty Insurance Co. You may wish for a scorecard to keep all the players straight: It was recently reported that an insurance carrier (Colorado Casualty Insurance Co.) denied coverage (and filed a lawsuit) for the $3.3 million in costs the…