Collaborate Disseminate
Chris Jones and Nadia Pflaum of KUTV report: Dr. Judith Zimmerman knew she was fired for doing the right thing. She was the lead investigator on a research project on autism in children, which she spearheaded at the Utah Department of Health. She broug… Continue reading Fired University of Utah researcher exposes breaches in student data
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There’s an update to the data security incident impacting Albanian residents. As reported previously, information on the salaries and personal information of 637,138 residents working in the private and public sectors had leaked, and the source … Continue reading Update: Albanian Prime Minister Says Data Leak Was Internal Infiltration
AAP reports: A Victorian police officer has been charged after he allegedly accessed and passed on police information. The 45-year-old male officer, from the Eastern Region, has been charged with accessing police information, disclosing police informat… Continue reading Au: Charges over Victoria Police data breach
Fox News reports on a somewhat wild case. A man who had access to Polk State College through his work as a clinical coordinator for PSC for Lakeland Regional Health allegedly hacked PSC in revenge after he was fired from Lakeland after a positive drug … Continue reading FL: Detectives discover child porn on suspect’s computer during Polk State College data breach investigation
Darcy Costello reports: A former Baltimore County police officer accused of stealing a dead woman’s identity entered a guilty plea Wednesday to one count of identity theft. Deandre Ross, 27, who worked for the Baltimore County Police for four years, wa… Continue reading Former Baltimore County police officer pleads guilty to identity theft, sentenced to 18 months in prison
Catalin Cimpanu reports: An Oregon man and a former employee of Ubiquiti Networks was arrested and charged today with hacking the company’s servers, stealing gigabytes of information, and then attempting to extort his employer for $2 million when Ubiqu… Continue reading Former Ubiquiti employee charged with hacking and extorting company
Catherine Knowles reports: Human error is the leading cause of serious privacy breaches, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC). Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says, “We are seeing clear patterns eme… Continue reading NZ: OPC finds leading cause of privacy breaches is human error
HIPAA Journal reports: A class action lawsuit filed against West Virginia University Health System over a breach of the protected health information of 7,445 patients has had the class certification order lifted by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West … Continue reading Class Certification Order Lifted in Data Breach Lawsuit Against West Virginia University Health System
Huntington Hospital in New York has disclosed an insider-wrongdoing incident that occurred between October 2018 and February 2019. Although they determined in February, 2019 that the now-former employee was engaging in unauthorized access to patient … Continue reading Huntington Hospital discloses insider criminal breach after law enforcement lifts delay on notice