Darren Pauli reports: The US computer emergency response team has issued a warning after admin credentials were found in a popular medical application used for acquiring patient data. The MEDHOST application is designed for handling the perioperative three stages of surgery including patient tracking, and patient conditions. It can be hosted and managed remotely. About 1,000 healthcare…
Month: May 2016
EHR/EMR hacks impact Connecticut and Pennsylvania patients
Stamford Podiatry Group in Stamford, Connecticut is notifying patients that their network was comprised and electronic health records (EHR) may have been accessed and copied. Although forensics examination was unable to determine with certainty exactly what data were exfiltrated, Dr. Rui DiMelo, Vice President of Stamford Podiatry Group, informed patients that unauthorized persons obtained “covert”…
Telecom giant accuses employee of data theft
A telecom in India has filed a criminal complaint against a former employee for stealing proprietary information on his way out. Times of India doesn’t name the employee, but the firm seems to be Gujarat Telecom Circle.
RU: Opposition PARNAS party cancels primaries over massive leak of voters’ personal data
Oh great – another voter database leak. RT reports: The Russian Party of People’s Freedom, PARNAS, has had to suspend its internet primaries after a file with personal details of all participants was placed on the party’s website. Top party officials blame unidentified hackers for the privacy breach. PARNAS was holding primaries in order to…
Odisha student arrested for hacking into Lloyd Electrical and Engineering Ltd, causing financial loss of Rs. 60 lakhs
Anand Narayanaswamy reports: Hacking is not an easy task but for Himalaya Mohanty, a 19-year old student currently pursuing his ITI course in Odisha, it was just a fun which turned into nightmare. Mohanty allegedly hacked into the EPABX of a private company in the city using his own mobile phone, which resulted in financial…
I can’t even…
The headline in the Daily Mail basically says it all: British teenager hacks North Korea’s newly-launched Facebook site after guessing the login and password were set to ‘admin’ and ‘password’ Well almost all. Note that this is not Facebook’s site but a Facebook clone called phpDolphin. Even so…