Is the following case an example of insider threat or it is a whistleblower situation — or both? The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern Texas issued the following press release on June 17: A Houston doctor has been indicted for obtaining protected individual health information for patients that were not under his care and without…
Association of Texas Professional Educators notifying 414,515 members of data breach (1)
The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) is notifying more than 414,000 members of a data breach. In a letter to those affected, ATPE explains that they first detected abnormal activity in their network on February 12, 2024. By the conclusion of the forensic investigation on March 20, 2024, investigators had found evidence that some…
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Hunter Biden Drops Data Hacking Suit Against Rudy Giuliani
Quinn Wilson reports: Hunter Biden and Rudy Giuliani told a federal court on Friday that Biden was ending his data hacking suit after the parties reached a joint agreement, ending claims by the president’s son that the former New York mayor illegally hacked and manipulated data from his laptop. The parties agreed to dismiss the suit without…
FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles With Liberty Latin America for Data Breach Notification Violations
Full Title: In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile USVI Inc. Document Type: Consent Decree Order Bureau(s): Enforcement Description FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed…
Sensitive Toledo Police Department documents found in trash
Here’s a reminder that not all breaches are cyber breaches. We still read about entities that just toss files with sensitive information in the trash. Alexis Means recently reported on a police department that is allegedly a repeat offender that way: the Toledo Police Department in Ohio. Toledo Police have launched an investigation into who…