Alistair Munro reports: The Scottish Ambulance Service has apologised to staff in Moray after a “serious” data information breach. The SAS has launched a “detailed investigation” into how confidential details of employees were left in a garage in Forres. Moray MP Douglas Ross has raised the issue with SAS bosses after being contacted by...
From an article in BMJ: A junior doctor who improperly accessed the medical records of three hospital patients without a legitimate reason and who then lied about it to a trust investigation has been struck off the UK medical register after failing to engage with the regulatory process. Neha Muralidharan was suspended for 10...
Ax Sharma reports: Amazon has recently terminated employees responsible for leaking customer data, including their email addresses, to an unaffiliated third-party in violation of company policies. The company has sent out an email announcement to affected customers following the incident. Read more on BleepingComputer.
October 21 – Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of HECTOR NAVARRO, 30, a former Human Resources systems administrator at Century 21’s Manhattan department store, for breaching the company’s network to steal and alter data. NAVARRO is charged in a New York Supreme Court indictment with Attempted Grand Larceny in...
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally accessing a protected computer without...