Carlos Gieseken reports: The billing information of 14,000 Sacred Heart Health System patients was compromised recently when an employee email account of the healthcare provider’s third-party billing vendor was hacked. No medical records were breached, but hackers gained access to patient names, dates of service, dates of birth, diagnoses and procedures, total charges and physician…
Month: March 2015
Rex Mundi statement on their motives and methods
@RexMundi2015 issued a statement today, to set the record straight. Dear friends and foes, Over the past few months, we have read a series of inaccurate facts about us in the press. We therefore would like to take the time to correct some of the most common misconceptions regarding our activities. – The companies we targeted have…
Data leak scandal involving personal info of 872 children suppressed, lawyer claims
Today’s Zaman has more on a leak previously noted on this site: A scandal in which the sensitive personal information of more than 850 children was deliberately leaked to a government website has been suppressed, according to the head of a leading children’s rights organization in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. Bayram Koluman, the head…
“University of Racism” hacked; will others go after U. of Oklahoma student records?
“Because none of them seem to give a shit…” – a hacker commenting on the lack of response to notifying the U. of Oklahoma that he had hacked them. This blogger has repeatedly lamented the generally inadequate data security in the education sector and the fact that no federal agency actually enforces data security at the post-secondary…
“Bitcoin Baron” vows cyber attack for dismissal of charges against Detroit policeman who killed 7-year-old
The hacker who self-identifies as “Bitcoin Baron” has been busy. In addition to attacking the city of Moore in Oklahoma over the city’s decision to defend two officers involved in the Warren Theatre case, threats have also been made against the Wayne County, Michigan court computers. Gus Burns reports: Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed…
Authorities Closing In on Hackers Who Stole Data From JPMorgan Chase
Matthew Goldstein and Nicole Perlroth report: It has become a familiar pattern: The computer system of a big American company is breached, the personal information of tens of millions of customers is stolen and a public outcry ensues. Rarely are the thieves caught. But last summer’s attack on JPMorgan Chase — which resulted in hackers…