Tag: electronic crime
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Medical Assistant Accused Of ID Theft, Stealing $31,000
From the following news article: https://www.databreaches.net/pa-medical-assistant-charged-with-stealing-and-misusing-patient-identity-information/ An investigation by the Office of Attorney General found that Latimer used her cell phone to take photos of patient information forms and licenses while working…
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Officer Arrested For Hacking Into Woman’s Social Media Accounts And Posting Her Nudes
An officer was suspended and arrested after hacking into a woman’s social media accounts, stealing her nudes, and posting them to her contacts: https://bronx.news12.com/mount-laurel-officer-suspended-from-force-accused-of-hacking-into-womans-social-media-accounts Officer Ayron Taylor was arrested earlier this month.…
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Officer Live Streams Traffic Stop On TikTok
This is a crazy story: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/man-claims-cop-pulled-him-over-just-to-stream-a-traffic-stop-on-tiktok/ There were real implications of sharing the victim’s personal information via the stream: Approximately 20 minutes later, Osby found out that Castillo had livestreamed the traffic…
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Vastaamo Compromise Suspect Caught In France
An update to my blog yesterday: Most notable was the method in which he was caught: But as documented by KrebsOnSecurity in November 2022, security experts soon discovered Ransom Man had mistakenly included…
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Extorting Patients of Vastaamo, An Online Psychotherapy Service
It’s unfortunate the details are scarce on this case, as it would make a good eCrimeBytes episode. A Finnish man was blamed for an attack at an online psychotherapy service named Vastaamo:…