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Morris
Police & Fire
Morristown Man Gets 20 Years For Distributing Child Porn: Prosecutors
A 20-year-old Morristown man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, Sept. 29 after he pleaded guilty to leading a child pornography network, authorities said. Reuben Gonzalez was initially investigated for sexual assault, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Morris Township Police Chief Robert Shearer and Morristown Police Chief Darnell Richardson said. A search of his phone found Gonzalez conspired with others to lead a child pornography network, using the Telegram application to communicate and coor…
Lancaster
News
County In Pennsylvania Bans TikTok: Authorities
One Pennsylvania county is banning TikTok, at least on official county devices, authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. TikTok "and other malicious cyber based systems," have been banned in Lancaster County because "harvesting software, poses a significant risk to the cyber security of the County," Lancaster County Commissioners Office Communications Director Michael Fitzpatrick states in the release. The concern is the site or application "capturing data on a user’s internet activity and sensitive information.," according to Fitzpatrick. The Chief …
Mount Pleasant
Schools
Data Breach Reported At Mount Pleasant Central School District
A data breach may have exposed information related to some students at a school district in Northern Westchester. The breach was announced by Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo on Friday, Feb. 17, who said that several student email passwords may have been compromised by the incident. After the data breach was discovered on Friday, an investigation into the matter found that several passwords belonging to Grade 7 students in the district had been posted to a shared Google Classroom during the 2020-2021 school year. After this document was …
Alexandria
News
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Orders TikTok Ban In State Government
Some popular social media apps - including TikTok - are being banned in state government offices in Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced. Youngkin issued an Executive Order on Friday, Dec. 16 that will ban the use of certain Chinese-owned mobile phone applications and websites on state government technology, according to officials. The ban includes TikTok, WeChat, “and any other applications developed by ByteDance Limited or Tencent Holdings Limited on state government devices and wireless networks. It also requires businesses that contract with the state government to also prohibit the …
Baltimore
News
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Orders TikTok Ban For Government Employees
Outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan is taking steps to ensure that there will be no TikToking coming out of the Maryland State House anytime soon. Hogan announced on Tuesday, Dec. 6 that the state is issuing an emergency cybersecurity directive that will prohibit the use of certain Chinese and Russian-influenced products and platforms - including TikTok - in the state's executive branch. “These entities present an unacceptable level of cybersecurity risk to the state, and may be involved in activities such as cyber-espionage, surveillance of government entities, and inappropriate collection of sensi…
Nassau
News
Quest Diagnostics Says Nearly 12M May Have Had Financial, Personal Info Exposed In Data Breach
Millions of Quest Diagnostics patients may have had their financial, medical and other personal information exposed in a data breach, the company announced on Monday. Officials at Quest Diagnostics said Monday that 11.9 million peoples’ personal information, including Social Security numbers may have been compromised after one of its billing collectors reported a data breach. According to Quest Diagnostics, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) notified the company and a Quest contractor that uses AMCA’s billing services last month. The number of patients impacted was only recently dete…
White Plains
Business
AOL To Pay State $5M Fine In Largest Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Penalty Ever
The company that was once AOL will pay nearly $5 million for violating children’s privacy rights. Oath Inc., formerly known as AOL, has agreed to a record settlement for $4.95 million, the largest penalty ever levied in a Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA). The settlement came after the company conduction billions of auctions with targeted ads on hundreds of children’s websites, violating COPPA. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said that her office found that AOL conducted billions of auctions for ad space on hundreds of we…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Passaic Police Sergeant Illegally Searched, Shared Personal Data
A City of Passaic police sergeant illegally tapped into limited-access law enforcement databases and shared some of the personal information she obtained, authorities charged. Ana M. DeIntinis, 47, of Passaic was arrested Monday afternoon in Totowa by detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, authorities said. She was charged with violating state laws that prohibit accessing a computer data base “in excess of authorization” and “knowingly disclosing personal identifying information,” as well as “obtaining personal information from a motor vehicle record without permissible use…
Mount Pleasant
Lifestyle
Change Your Password, Twitter Tells All 336M Users After Bug Found
Are you a Twitter user? Then you should change your password. The social media company discovered a bug that saved user passwords on an internal log without proper encryption, it announced on Thursday. "We fixed the bug and have no indication of a breach or misuse by anyone," the company tweeted. "As a precaution, consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password." In a blog post you can read here, Twitter said, "we found this error ourselves" and is "implementing plans to prevent this bug from happening again."
White Plains
Lifestyle
NY Joins Investigation Of Facebook Data Use As Zuckerberg Responds
As the controversy heightens as to how data mining company Cambridge Analytica obtained 50 million Facebook users' profile information to aid Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, New York State has joined those demanding answers from the social media giant. "Consumers have a right to know how their information is used -- and companies like Facebook have a fundamental responsibility to protect their users' personal information," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. "We sent a demand letter to Facebook -- the first step in our joint investi…
