Is nothing sacred? Where computer systems are concerned, it seems not.
According to reports in the Los Angeles Times, the death certificate of Michael Jackson was accessed without authorization nearly a half dozen times in recent weeks.
At least six staff members at the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department improperly viewed Michael Jackson’s death certificate hundreds of times in the two weeks right after the entertainer’s death on June 25, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Investigations by the coroner’s office have also uncovered vulnerabilities in two computer systems in which Jackson’s death investigation reports are stored, the Times said quoting Craig Harvey, the city’s chief coroner investigator.
The unspecified vulnerabilities could have allowed employees to gain unauthorized access to the investigation reports even though the reports were “locked,” the Times story said. It was not immediately clear, however, whether the reports had been accessed without authorization.
In some cases, employees printed the death certificate before it had become a public record, the Times said.