Steven Zeitchik reports: When Peter George saw news of the racially motivated mass-shooting at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo last weekend, he had a thought he’s often had after such tragedies. “Could our system have stopped it?” he said. “I don’t know. But I think we could democratize security so that someone planning on hurting…
Category: U.S.
Fraudster who hacked SUNY Plattsburgh accounts gets 9 ¼ year prison sentence
Robert Gavin reports: A federal judge sentenced Michael P. Fish to 9 ¼ years in prison Friday, saying he depravedly hacked into the accounts of dozens of unsuspecting female students at SUNY Plattsburgh, stole their private photos and sold the images on the internet. With his family watching on a courtroom bench, the 26-year-old Fish sat in…
NYC Education Dept. will roll out its own online gradebook after security breach and data hack
Michael Elsen-Rooney reports: The New York City Education Department is planning to roll out its own online grading and attendance system to replace a widely-used platform that was hacked earlier this year, exposing the personal information of nearly one million students. The new system, developed by the agency’s IT team, will launch in beta form…
What Controls Privacy?: Complex Tangle in Adolescent Care
Matt Fisher of Carium writes: Caring for adolescents is already complex given all of the changes that children experience as they grow up. The complexity arises not just with the delivery of care though. Clinicians and organizations also face a number of challenges concerning access to patient records. The issue becomes tangled because pediatric patients…