Belmont, MA July 28 – McLean Hospital announced today that it is notifying individuals related to a privacy incident involving information maintained as part of a research program. This incident did not involve any patient information from McLean’s medical records system. On May 29, 2015, McLean learned that four backup data tapes related to the Harvard Brain…
Month: July 2015
A third of workers admit they’d leak sensitive biz data for peanuts
John Leyden reports: A third of employees would sell information on company patents, financial records and customer credit card details if the price was right. A poll of 4,000 employees in the UK, Germany, USA and Australia found that for £5,000, a quarter would flog off sensitive data, potentially risking both their job and criminal…
Ca: Anonymous blindsides CSIS with ‘cabinet-level’ security breach
Alex Boutilier reports: Canadian government and law enforcement officials are scrambling to figure out how Anonymous got their hands on what the hacker collective calls cabinet-level secrets. On Monday, individuals associated with Anonymous released to the media the first in what they call a series of sensitive government documents. They will continue to release documents…
Russian hackers use Twitter to mask sneaky data theft: FireEye
Jeremy Kirk reports: A group of suspected Russian hackers are using Twitter in a clever way to mask their data-stealing malware, according to computer security firm FireEye. Hackers have long used social networking services for relaying commands to their malware. But FireEye says this group — which it calls APT 29 — has taken it…
China-Tied Hackers That Hit U.S. Said to Breach United Airlines
Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson report: The hackers who stole data on tens of millions of U.S. insurance holders and government employees in recent months breached another big target at around the same time — United Airlines. United, the world’s second-largest airline, detected an incursion into its computer systems in May or early June, said…
A Chinese hacking group by any other name? “Black Vine”
Symantec has released a paper on a Chinese cyberespionage group that they call “Black Vine.” I’m not sure how the Chinese would feel about that name, but in any event, Symantec writes: In early 2014, Anthem was a victim of an attack that exposed 80 million patient records. The breach, which came to light in…