Collaborate Disseminate
Politie reports an alleged insider breach in the police department itself: An employee of the Amsterdam police unit was arrested this week on suspicion of computer trespassing and violation of official secrecy. The investigation into the employee is c… Continue reading Police employee arrested for computer trespassing and violation of official secrecy
October 10, 2023 LOS ANGELES – A United States Navy service member pleaded guilty today to federal felony offenses and admitted he transmitted sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China in exchang… Continue reading U.S. Navy Sailor Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Chinese Intelligence Officer
Rachael Ward reports: The private details of almost 200 patients being treated at a major Melbourne hospital may have been accessed by online criminals. On Thursday, the Royal Women’s Hospital notified 192 patients their data might have been compromise… Continue reading Au: Cybercriminals access patient information at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital
Devlin Barrett and Spencer S. Hsu report: A Washington-based consultant for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with stealing the tax returns of former president Donald Trump and thousands of wealthy Americans in 2019 and 2020 and providing… Continue reading IRS consultant charged in leak of tax returns for Trump, wealthy Americans
From the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office: A former family intervention officer at St Helens Borough Council has been sentenced for unlawfully accessing social services records. Rachel Anderton was prosecuted for viewing records on … Continue reading U.K. ICO prosecution: Rachel Anderton
Neil Michael reports: A Defence Forces investigation is under way into another data protection breach of the military’s electronic health record system. The latest investigation centres on the alleged actions of a healthcare worker at a military medica… Continue reading Ie: Data protection breach at military medical facility
YLE News reports: The Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) has discovered that a former employee, who served as a practical nurse within the district, breached the privacy of nearly 1,000 patients. The case was confirmed by HUS Administrative C… Continue reading Fi: Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District confirms data breach by ex-staff member, 900 patients’ data compromised
Barret Loux reports: Tesla has started notifying current and former employees who were affected by a data breach that occurred in May. The company conducted an investigation and found that two former employees had misappropriated confidential informati… Continue reading Tesla notifies employees of data breach
Michelle Del Guercio writes: On June 8, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (“HC3”) published Types of Cyber Threat Actors That Threaten Healthcare. In that publication, they identify five basic types of insider threats: careless or ne… Continue reading Insider-Wrongdoing in the Healthcare Sector
ATLANTA, July 27 – Ronald Bell has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for extorting Georgia Tech. Bell recruited a security guard to falsely claim that the guard witnessed an assault by its basketball coach in exchange for par… Continue reading Arizona man who extorted Georgia Tech sentenced to prison