It was one of the first breaches reported to HHS under HITECH, and it had never been in any media reports that I had seen. Even to this day, HHS’s breach tool does not provide any specifics other than 501 people were affected by the theft of a USB drive. But in a press release…
Month: June 2012
Mexico / Spain Telecommunication Network Hacked, 84,000 Accounts Leaked .c0mrade
@OfficialComrade has made another exploit announcement and this time its on a telecommunications system. The exploit effects systems in Spain and Mexico and .c0mrade claims to have full access, be able to create accounts, flag accounts etc. He has also claimed that this was a man-in-middle attack and as a result he has leaked 84016 peoples credentials…
From the a-little-birdie-told-me dept.
A Charter One customer called Charter One after her debit card was refused at a merchant. It seems that someone had tried to put through a micro-charge on the card that morning and Charter One had cancelled the card because of the suspicious activity. When she asked why she hadn’t been called about the matter,…
UK: Company linked to unsecured stolen laptop could run council offices
From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: The organisation which left thousands of pieces of personal data unsecured on a laptop stolen from Glasgow City Council could be given control of key council buildings. ACCESS was responsible for issuing unencrypted laptops against council policy on over 160 occasions earlier this year, according to a damning report by the…
FTC Files Complaint Against Wyndham Hotels For Failure to Protect Consumers’ Personal Information
Woo hoo. I had such a headache trying to sort out Wyndham’s breaches (see previous blog entries on Wyndham) and was concerned that at least one state had removed their notification from public view on the state’s web site because Wyndham had asked that it be treated as confidential. Now it seems the FTC has…
Uganda Sites Attacked, Defaced By GSec
Another twitter based crew @_GSec which is compromised of a few hackers we follow have taken sights to a heap of Uganda based servers/sites and as a result they have been left defaced or taken offline. Our Logic & Reason; As you may tell by now, #OpFuckUganda is going and full blown. The reasoning behind these multiple defaced…