<em>Since I’ve got your husband, can I also have your dental insurance?</em> <blockquote>Marie Swidra really must have wanted her teeth fixed, police say. So badly, in fact, she allegedly used the identity of the estranged wife of the man she’s living with, police said. Swidra, 45, of the 300 block of Doone Road, Fairless Hills,…
Category: Breaches
Apple releases fix for iPhone security flaw
Apple Inc. released a free software update that corrects a security flaw in the iPhone, a day after a researcher showed how hackers could exploit the vulnerability to seize control of the device. “No one has been able to take control of the iPhone to gain access to personal information,’’ Tom Neumayr, an Apple spokesman,…
Mom says city breached her privacy to stranger
The City of Richmond is investigating allegations a city staffer breached city privacy policies. A Richmond woman, who does not want to be identified, said she was shocked when the grandmother of a girl who stays with her family each summer showed up at a local swimming pool where the girl and the woman’s own…
McKinnon loses extradition appeal
The British computer hacker Gary McKinnon failed today in his last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition to the US where he could face a sentence of up to 60 years in a high-security prison. The high court decided against overturning a refusal by Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, to sanction a trial of the…