Once again @th3j35t3r has come out and attacked two different sites today after they distributed Inspire Magazine. Inspire Magazine is published an English language online magazine reported to be published by the organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and th3j35t3r has come out and taken down two sites for distributing this magazine. The sites Ansar Al-Mujahideen (https://ansar1.info/) and as-ansar.com were taken offline…
Month: May 2013
Bon Secours Notifying Patients of Information Security Breach
The Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System posted this notice on Wednesday: Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System officials announced today that they are proactively contacting former patients via letters on behalf of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital to inform them of an electronic medical records security breach. The health system has contracted the services…
Myanmar Government Sites attacked for OpMyanmar
Anonymous and other hacktivist have been at it all week targeting sites based or about in Myanmar. The attacks come as part of a relatively older operation that was dubbed OpMyanmar which has been on going for 9+ months now but appears to of picked up pace over the past week with a heap of…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a hospital reports a breach
I’ve occasionally blogged about the risks of breaches following major storms or weather events. Today I’ve learned that at least one New York hospital suffered a breach after Hurricane Sandy. Due to the storm surge, Coney Island Hospital’s Ida G. Israel Community Health Center in Brooklyn experienced structural damage. The New York City Health & Hospitals…
University Dental Associates LLP notified 2,400 patients of stolen laptop
In December, 2012, University Dental Associates at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York notified 2,400 patients that a laptop containing their PHI had been stolen from their office. Although the theft both occurred and was discovered on November 21, it was not reported to the NYPD until November 26, 2012. The computer was…
NYS DMV clerk charged with illegal search of DMV records
New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced today that a Seneca County clerk has been charged with illegally accessing the computer records of a local motorist. Patricia I. Bourne, a 56-year-old License Clerk from Waterloo, was charged with 11 felony counts of Computer Trespass and one misdemeanor count of Official Misconduct for repeatedly…