Doug Olenick reports: Tax preparation software publisher TaxSlayer notified about 8,800 of its customers last week that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to the personal information contained on their tax return. The company said that on January 13, 2016, it became aware that hackers had accessed some of their customers’ accounts. TaxSlayer…
Month: February 2016
Hackers claim to have hacked NASA, hijacked one of its drones (UPDATED)
Update: See NASA Denies Hackers Hijacked Its Drone. Help Net Security writes: AnonSec hackers claim that they have breached a number of US NASA’s systems, and they have published a data trove containing video recordings made by the agency’s aircrafts and drones, the drone’s flight logs, and the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of some…
Defendant in U. Northern Iowa tax refund fraud scheme to plead guilty
There’s an update to the data breach involving the University of Northern Iowa. As reported previously, Bernard Ogie Oretekor (aka Emmanuel Libs) was charged in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme that impacted 100 UNI faculty members. Now KWWL reports that he will plead guilty and the charges will be transferred to California, where he…
Wayne Memorial Hospital fired nurse’s aide who accessed patient records without authorization
PA Homepage reports: A security breach at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale causing concerns. Hospital officials tell Eyewitness News they have fired a nurses’s aide who they say accessed patient records without authorization. Now letters have been sent out to 390 people informing them their medical records, including social security numbers, insurance information and diagnoses…