A Belfair couple who ran a private investigation firm have been sentenced to six months in prison and two years supervised release for using illegal methods to dig up dirt on people who were involved in court cases or litigation. Emilio and Brandy Torrella ran BNT Investigations, where workers posed as the people they were…
Category: Breaches
Former CT state trooper fined for unauthorized access
Paul Galietti, a former Connecticut State Trooper who had admitted that he intentionally accessed a government computer in a manner that exceeded his lawful authority, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1000 by a federal court judge this week. According to documents filed with the court and statements made in court, the case started…
NBA Star Warns Over Stolen Laptop
A laptop containing “a variety of private images” of NBA star Baron Davis has been stolen and the athlete’s lawyers are threatening legal action if the material is published. Counsel for the the Los Angeles Clippers guard, a two-time All-Star and novice film producer, yesterday sent news outlets a letter threatening legal action over the…
Australian data breaches on the increase
Almost 70 percent of Australian businesses and organisations were hit by one or more data breach incidents in the past year, a major increase on the situation in the previous 12 months. IT security professionals at 482 enterprises were surveyed and 69 percent of the organisations had been hit once or more – up from…