Joe Carlson reports: Thousands of people around the world have been exposed to toxic chemicals generated by their metal hip implants. Similarly, many patients have contracted infections from pieces of implanted mesh used in hernia-repair surgery, even though materials less prone to causing complications were available. […] That’s why harnessing the potential of data on…
Month: March 2015
Briton arrested over hack into U.S. Department of Defense
Michael Holden reports: British detectives have arrested a man suspected of being part of a group which hacked into the U.S. Department of Defense last year, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday. The NCA said the 23-year-old, arrested in Sutton Coldfield in central England on Wednesday, is accused of taking part in the…
OPM OIG: Anthem snubbed our security audits before and after enormous hack attack
Shaun Nichols reports: A year or so before American health insurer Anthem admitted it had been ruthlessly ransacked by hackers, a US federal watchdog had offered to audit the giant’s computer security – but was rebuffed. And, after miscreants looted Anthem’s servers and accessed up to 88.8 million private records, the watchdog again offered to audit the insurer’s systems, and…
US watchdog: Anthem snubbed our security audits before and after enormous hack attack
Shaun Nichols reports: A year or so before American health insurer Anthem admitted it had been ruthlessly ransacked by hackers, a US federal watchdog had offered to audit the giant’s computer security – but was rebuffed. And, after miscreants looted Anthem’s servers and accessed up to 88.8 million private records, the watchdog again offered to audit the insurer’s…
Army and Air Force Exchange confirms SIGA Telecom data breach of US military customers’ information in Germany
Stars and Stripes reports: Names, addresses, emails and technical information belonging to 98,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Europe have been stolen from an on-base cellphone concessionaire, according to the Army and Air Force Exchange. “The Exchange learned on February 11 of a data breach of customer information held by concessionaire SIGA Telecom,” AAFES spokesman…
Apple Pay Stung by Low-Tech Fraudsters
Robin Sidel and Daisuke Wakabayashi report: Apple Inc. ’s new mobile-payment system has been hit by a wave of fraudulent transactions using credit-card data stolen in recent breaches of big retailers, including Home Depot Inc. and Target Corp. , people familiar with the matter said. About 80% of the unauthorized purchases have been for big-ticket…