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Yahoo
01-03-2025
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Fired Scientist Replaced Data in Breast Cancer With the Wildest Thing You Can Imagine
Anyone who's ever left a bad job knows the temptation to pull off a petty stunt on your last day. It's one thing if you work at Little Caesar's. But as one cancer researcher found out, sometimes it's best to leave your parting thoughts to an email. Last week, a federal jury found a former Stanford University researcher guilty of tampering with protected email servers. Which somehow sounds better than what actually happened: Naheed Mangi was convicted on several charges for deleting breast cancer research data and replacing it with insults directed at her former supervisor. It's a trial over ten years in the making: back in 2013, Mangi was let go of her job as a research coordinator overseeing an experimental breast cancer treatment due to performance issues. Though no longer welcome to log into Stanford's clinical database, Mangi's account wasn't revoked until the next day. So the former researcher indulged in a costly romp through the digital garden, falsifying patient records with nonsense information, insulting clinical doctors, and launching a diatribe at her boss. When Stanford launched an investigation into the breach of a protected database, Mangi's former coworkers noted she was "very angry" about the firing. Now, after a lengthy investigation by the Secret Service, the researcher is facing a max of 21 years in prison after causing "thousands of dollars in financial loss" to the University. "Naheed Mangi intentionally tampered with a breast cancer research database by entering false information and personal insults," said US attorney Patrick Robbins in a Justice Department statement about the conviction. "Her senseless actions undermined a study into the safety and efficacy of a new treatment for breast cancer patients." It's not known why this case took so long to prosecute, but it's clear that Mangi's antics went way over the line. They're also unusual; academic fraud is alarmingly common, but usually it takes the form of researchers chasing clout by falsifying interesting results in a bid to get published in impressive journals. Still, she's not the first spurned employee to give into the temptation to leave some vengeful pranks behind after a firing. Last month, a former Disney employee pled guilty to tampering with allergy information and adding swastikas to Disney restaurant menus, on top of changing wine regions to sites of mass shootings. He faces a minimum of two years in prison for tampering with "nearly every menu in the system" months after being let go for misconduct. Like Mangi, the former Disney employee was slammed with federal charges via the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a key piece of legislation used to prosecute breaches of access on the web. The incidents are cautious reminders: regardless of how much you detest your boss, stay away from mischief that could hurt innocent people, even if your password still works after getting sacked. Our advice? It's probably best to stick to the stapler in Jell-O. More on cyber crime: One of Elon Musk's DOGE Boys Reportedly Ran a Disgusting Image Hosting Site Linked to Domains About Child Sexual Abuse
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Stanford researcher tampered with cancer research after being fired, jury finds
STANFORD, Calif. - A former employee of Stanford University was found guilty of accessing a clinical research database for a multisite breast cancer study and altering patient records after her authorization was revoked over a decade ago, according to federal prosecutors. Naheed Mangi, 66, was convicted on Friday following a two-week trial, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said in a statement Monday. Mangi was employed as a clinical research coordinator in the Clinical Trials Office at Stanford's National Cancer Institute from September 2012 through August 2013. Prosecutors said she worked with doctors and patients in the clinical research program, reporting patient events, monitoring research, helping with patient appointments, and entering data. Mangi was reportedly assigned to a Genentech-sponsored study being conducted at Stanford for breast cancer patients that was referred to as the "Velvet Breast Cancer MO27782 Study." The study sought to determine the safety and efficacy of a new, experimental pharmaceutical treatment for patients with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer. Prosecutors said Mangi was responsible for reporting any serious adverse events that a patient may experience during the study and entering patient medical data into the database. On Aug. 19, 2013, Mangi was sacked by Stanford and her supervisor tried to revoke her Stanford-related computer access and privileges. The supervisor emailed Genentech to terminate Mangi's access to the clinical database, but her credentials were not disabled until the following day. Based on court documents and evidence shown at trial, Mangi logged into the clinical database later that day and altered data in the Velvet Breast Cancer MO27782 Study, replacing patient medical data with erroneous information and insults about her former supervisor. Prosecutors said that due to her actions, Stanford undertook an internal investigation, reentered all the data about its participants in the study from source documents into the study database, and reported her to local and federal regulatory authorities, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Mangi's actions caused thousands of dollars in financial loss to Stanford University and the Stanford School of Medicine. "Naheed Mangi intentionally tampered with a breast cancer research database by entering false information and personal insults. Her senseless actions undermined a study into the safety and efficacy of a new treatment for breast cancer patients," Acting United States Attorney Patrick Robbins said in a statement. "The jury's verdict holds the defendant accountable for her crimes." Mangi was convicted of two counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of accessing a protected computer without authorization. She will be sentenced on July 21.
CBS News
25-02-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Former Stanford employee guilty of illegally accessing, altering breast cancer database
A former employee of Stanford University was found guilty of accessing a clinical research database for a multisite breast cancer study and altering patient records after her authorization was revoked over a decade ago, according to federal prosecutors. Naheed Mangi, 66, was convicted on Friday following a two-week trial, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said in a statement Monday. Mangi was employed as a clinical research coordinator in the Clinical Trials Office at Stanford's National Cancer Institute from September 2012 through August 2013. Prosecutors said she worked with doctors and patients in the clinical research program, reporting patient events, monitoring research, helping with patient appointments, and entering data. Mangi was reportedly assigned to a Genentech-sponsored study being conducted at Stanford for breast cancer patients that was referred to as the "Velvet Breast Cancer MO27782 Study." The study sought to determine the safety and efficacy of a new, experimental pharmaceutical treatment for patients with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer. Prosecutors said Mangi was responsible for reporting any serious adverse events that a patient may experience during the study and entering patient medical data into the database. On Aug. 19, 2013, Mangi was sacked by Stanford and her supervisor tried to revoke her Stanford-related computer access and privileges. The supervisor emailed Genentech to terminate Mangi's access to the clinical database, but her credentials were not disabled until the following day. Based on court documents and evidence shown at trial, Mangi logged into the clinical database later that day and altered data in the Velvet Breast Cancer MO27782 Study, replacing patient medical data with erroneous information and insults about her former supervisor. Prosecutors said that due to her actions, Stanford undertook an internal investigation, reentered all of the data about its participants in the study from source documents into the study database, and reported her to local and federal regulatory authorities, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Mangi's actions caused thousands of dollars in financial loss to Stanford University and the Stanford School of Medicine. "Naheed Mangi intentionally tampered with a breast cancer research database by entering false information and personal insults. Her senseless actions undermined a study into the safety and efficacy of a new treatment for breast cancer patients," Acting United States Attorney Patrick Robbins said in a statement. "The jury's verdict holds the defendant accountable for her crimes." Mangi was convicted of two counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of accessing a protected computer without authorization. She will be sentenced on July 21.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Yahoo
Ex-Stanford employee altered breast cancer study data after being fired: DOJ
(KRON) — A former Stanford employee was convicted of altering data used in a breast cancer study after she was fired, according to the United States Department of Justice. Naheed Mangi, 66, faces up to 11 years in prison after she was convicted on Friday of two counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of accessing a protected computer without authorization. Mangi worked as a clinical research coordinator for Stanford's Cancer Clinical Trials Office from Sept. 2012 to Aug. 2013. Her duties included entering data, monitoring research and scheduling patient appointments, according to court documents. Antioch mom endangered children before 4 found home alone: court documents She worked on a Genentech-sponsored study for breast cancer patients called the 'Velvet Breast Cancer MO27782 Study.' Its purpose was to evaluate a new pharmaceutical treatment for breast cancer patients. One of Mangi's responsibilities was to report serious negative effects that patients had during the study. On Aug. 19, 2013, Mangi was fired. Her supervisor emailed Genentech the same day to disable her access to Stanford's database, but that did not happen until the next day. On the night of Aug. 19, Mangi logged into the database and changed data in the study, putting in incorrect information and insults about her former supervisor. 'Naheed Mangi's actions jeopardized important cancer research and caused thousands in financial loss to Stanford University, said U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Shawn Bradstreet. Stanford reentered all of the damaged data, conducted an internal investigation and reported the incident to authorities. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
