I was skimming the Veterans Administration report to Congress on data breaches and incidents for February and thinking, “Hey, this looks pretty good this month,” and then…. I saw an incident involving the VA Midwest Health Care Network in St. Cloud, Minnesota. On February 9, a staff member conducted group meetings to complete a paper packet with…
Month: March 2016
NJ: Virtua Medical Group notifies 1,654 patients whose information was exposed on Internet (updated)
On March 11, Burlington County Times reported: Virtua Medical Group, the network of doctors exclusively affiliated with the South Jersey health system, reported Friday that patient information — including names and treatments over a five-year period — was accidentally released and viewable on the Internet in January. The medical group learned on Jan. 21 that…
Hackers attack Switzerland’s largest party, claim huge personal data theft
RT reports: A hacker group claims to have cracked the database of Switzerland’s largest political party, the conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and stolen the personal data of over 50,000 people, including the names and email addresses of SVP supporters. Contacting the website by letter, the hackers calling themselves NSHC, said they wanted to raise…
German cops in India to probe data-breach case
Dwaipayan Ghosh reports: The CID, along with German cops, is raiding several places in Salt Lake and New Town for the past 48 hours in connection with a fraud worth several crores involving a German firm. The accused had allegedly set up an IT firm in Sector V and was providing technical support to the…
Shared Passwords Almost Cost The Bank Of Uganda 24 Million Dollars
Eric Mugendi reports: Unknown individuals have made four attempts to illegally transfer US$24 million (UGX81 billion) from the Bank of Uganda to accounts located outside the country. Officials within the Government of Uganda are believed to have shared passwords with tech-savvy individuals who then logged in to the financial management system and targeted the accounts of the…
Hackers Strip Nigerian Exchange Of $15,000 Worth Of Bitcoins
Iyke Aru reports: CEO of the Nigerian Bitcoin exchange, Naira4Dollar, Ejezie Sunday has allegedly had $15,000 worth of Bitcoins stolen from his company’s wallet on blockchain.info. Hackers are getting more sophisticated, and recovering stolen funds is a complicated procedure. Sunday told CoinTelegraph: “We ran out of stock on Tuesday March 15, 2016, and had to buy $15,000 worth of Bitcoins, valued at…