In the first case of its kind in Botswana, a woman has successfully sued another woman for publicly revealing her HIV status. The High Court in Lobatse, a city in the southeast, has ruled that Sadi Nokane pay Obakeng Madubela US$1,000 in damages for violating Madubela’s right to privacy. Around 55 percent of the population…
UK data breach incidents on the rise
Seven in ten UK organisations experienced a data breach incident over the last year, up from 60 per cent in the previous year. The third edition of an annual survey by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by PGP, also found that 12 per cent of 615 public and private sector organisations probed were hit by five…
Bluegrass CU loan officer sentenced
The United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly announced that a loan officer in Ashland was sentenced on July 6 for using a scheme to embezzle more than $165,000 from her employer. Crystal Smith, 36, of Greenup, Ky. was sentenced to 57 months in prison by United States District Court Judge…
NYer sentenced for loan fraud, ID theft
Martin C. Carlson, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced earlier this week that Patricia Harrington, age 45, formerly of Liverpool, New York, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge William W. Caldwell to one year, and one day, in federal prison, along with 3 years of supervised release, and was…
Suncoast Schools FCU reports second breach
Back in June, I mentioned a somewhat puzzling breach report from Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union. But now there’s a second breach report involving the credit union. I wish the reporter had asked them if they are still sure that the breach they reported in June was Heartland-related or if perhaps it’s due to this…
State Dept lost track of its laptops
The State Department does not have an accurate accounting of its laptop computers, including ones meant for classified use, and has failed to encrypt machines as it is supposed to do to protect sensitive information, according to a new report by the department’s inspector general. Inspectors found that 27 laptops, worth $55,000 were missing out…