Terrence Starks, age 37, from Bunker Hill, Illinois was sentenced to a total of thirty months in prison as a result of convictions for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The sentencing was announced yesterday. In addition, Starks was ordered to serve three years supervised release following his release from prison and pay restitution totaling $19,260.26. Terrence…
Month: March 2016
IG: Poor firewall maintenance leaves USPS exposed
Aaron Boyd reports: The Postal Service inspector general has been dinging the agency on its cybersecurity posture recently, with the most recent report examining deficiencies in the firewalls protecting mail processing systems. The report — which was finalized on Jan. 26 but just released in redacted form — notes USPS maintains 285 firewalls nationwide. The IG sampled…
Malicious scripts spammed out to infect computers with ransomware
Graham Cluley writes: Although over 100,000 new malware variants may be discovered every day by security researchers, that doesn’t mean that the criminals behind the attacks need to be equally inventive in their methods to infect users. In fact, truth be told, the methods used to compromise users’ computers are often close to the same…
BitQuick Shuts Down After Security Breach; Seeks New Management (updated)
From EconoTimes: BitQuick, a leading P2P trading platform, recently announced that it shut down its server following an attack that gave the attacker unauthorized administrative access. However, all funds, IDs and emails remain secured. “The breach was immediately noticed, and the server was shutdown to prevent any further damage. We are still performing a formal…
NZ: Breach of doctors’ privacy alleged at Waikato District Health Board
Libby Wilson reports: An alleged privacy breach involving doctors’ own health and safety information has sparked debate. Waikato District Health Board human resource staffers entered health and safety files of specialists without authorisation, according to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). The union has advised its Waikato members to stop using or giving medical information to the board’s Health and Safety Service. Read more on…
Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA settlement
There’s a follow-up to a breach I first noted on this blog in 2012 when Feinstein Institute for Medical Research issued a press release about a laptop stolen from a programmer’s car. Now HHS has issued a press release of its own: Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA…