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Month: July 2015

Credit union email gaffe exposes employee information

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Dissent

Add Scient Federal Credit Union to the list of those exposing employee information due to an email error. The error occurred on July 14, and resulted in an unspecified number of employees’ details being sent to a prospective employee. The information, which was sent by secure email, included name, Social Security number, address, amount or…

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43 million South Koreans had their medical information leaked

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Dissent

Over the weekend on PogoWasRight.org, I linked to an editorial from The Korea Herald about the sale of medical information of 43 million people (nearly 90% of the Korean population). The editorial began: A company specializing in developing medical fees settlement programs used by hospitals and the Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center — which distributed free pharmacy…

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Ca: Federal tribunal targeted in cyberattack

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports: Hackers have broken into the network of the tribunal that adjudicates disputes between public servants and the federal government. The website of the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board has been down since Friday after security officials discovered hackers had exploited a weakness to get into the tribunal’s public network….

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PA: Married Montco Business Owners Steal $124K by Using Personal Information From Victims: Police

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

David Chang reports: Police are searching for a Montgomery County couple who they say swindled tens of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims, using their names and social security numbers. Eric Martin, 33, and his wife and business partner, 29-year-old Portia Martin, are accused of creating credit accounts by using stolen identity information and making…

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Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

And another security bubble or delusion bursts. Kim Zetter reports: The most sensitive work environments, like nuclear power plants, demand the strictest security. Usually this is achieved by air-gapping computers from the Internet and preventing workers from inserting USB sticks into computers. When the work is classified or involves sensitive trade secrets, companies often also institute…

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Darkode back online: Hacker forum moves to dark web weeks after global arrests

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

Shades of whack-a-mole. David Gilbert reports: Darkode, the black market where hackers buy and sell malware, is back less than two weeks after it was seized by the FBI and taken offline. On 14 July, a joint operation by the FBI, Europol, the US Department of Justice and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), as well…

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