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Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Notifies Patients Who Were Potentially Impacted by a Former Employee’s Unauthorized Access of Electronic Medical Records

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QUEENS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital (“LIJFH”) today announced that it has notified patients who were potentially impacted by a former employee’s unauthorized access of electronic medical records. LIJFH has … Continue reading Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Notifies Patients Who Were Potentially Impacted by a Former Employee’s Unauthorized Access of Electronic Medical Records→

NY: Prosecutors push to sentence SUNY Plattsburgh hacker to four years in prison

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Fernando Alba reports: Federal prosecutors are pushing to sentence SUNY Plattsburgh alumnus Nicholas Faber to up to four years in prison for hacking into students’ accounts and stealing explicit and compromising photos, according to court documents. Fa… Continue reading NY: Prosecutors push to sentence SUNY Plattsburgh hacker to four years in prison→

Leaked Document Says Google Fired Dozens of Employees for Data Misuse

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Joseph Cox reports: Google fired dozens of employees between 2018 and 2020 for abusing their access to the company’s tools or data, with some workers potentially facing allegations of accessing Google user or employee data, according to an intern… Continue reading Leaked Document Says Google Fired Dozens of Employees for Data Misuse→

Fr: Former police officer convicted of selling confidential information on the dark web

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Marco A. De Felice reports: Christophe Boutry, a former DGSI ( Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure ) agent, was sentenced to 7 years in prison (with a two-year suspension) for selling confidential information from law enforcement databases on … Continue reading Fr: Former police officer convicted of selling confidential information on the dark web→

Follow-up: Woman Who Stole and Sold Protected Health Information Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Prison

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There was a follow-up last week to a case DataBreaches.net has reported on several times, beginning in December, 2020 when Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, and Amanda Lowry, 40, of Sherman, Texas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain protected he… Continue reading Follow-up: Woman Who Stole and Sold Protected Health Information Sentenced to 2 ½ Years in Prison→

Former Intelligence Analyst Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Disclosing Classified Information to Reporter

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A Tennessee man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter. According to court documents, Daniel Everette Hale… Continue reading Former Intelligence Analyst Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Disclosing Classified Information to Reporter→

MN: Five in trouble with the state for unauthorized access of driver’s information

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Tim Harlow reports: The deputy registrar’s office in Fairfax, Minn., is closed and its two employees are off the job after they accessed drivers’ motor vehicle records without an authorized purpose, according to the state Department of Publ… Continue reading MN: Five in trouble with the state for unauthorized access of driver’s information→

Hospital worker stole identities of dying California patients in COVID scam, feds say

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Helen Wegner reports: A hospital employee is accused of sharing patient identities with scammers who then fraudulently tried to obtain their COVID-19 unemployment benefits, according to court documents unsealed this week. Matthew Lombardo worked at the… Continue reading Hospital worker stole identities of dying California patients in COVID scam, feds say→