KWCH reports that the Barton County Treasurers Office has become the latest victim of an email scam that resulted in a wire transfer of $48,000 to a bank in Georgia. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellandir said on May 13, the treasurer’s office received several emails which appeared to be from the Barton County Administrator’s Office….
Month: May 2016
FF TD Marc MacSharry submits questions on Nama debtor leaks
Ciaran Hancock reports: Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry has submitted an additional 11 parliamentary questions to the Minister for Finance on the leaking of information connected with debtors of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama). These include a request for Michael Noonan to publish the report produced by Deloitte following its review of data security at Nama in 2012. Read more…
Kansas Heart Hospital hit by ransomware
KWCH reports that Kansas Heart Hospital became a victim of a ransomware attack Wednesday night. The hospital’s president, Dr. Greg Duick, says the hackers never got access to patient information, but the attack did cause problems. And here’s an example of why paying ransom may not be a good idea. The hospital agreed to pay the small ransom…
UBS wins $1.1M from Wells Fargo in insider data theft case
William Sprouse reports the outcome of an arbitrated insider data breach case where a departing employee allegedly took client data with him to his new employer. I don’t think this case was ever covered on this site before, but Law360 had reported the lawsuit back in 2012. Sprouse reports: A FINRA arbitration panel ruled a…
Eric Donys Simeu extradited from France; Phished GDS companies’ customers for login creds (Updated)
ATLANTA – Eric Donys Simeu, a/k/a Martell Collins, a citizen of Cameroon, has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and access device fraud. Simeu was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on September 23, 2014. According to U.S. Attorney Horn, the charges, and other information presented in court:…
Standing should not stop data breach suit, civil liberties group says
Worth re-visiting in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo v. Robins: Consumers whose personal information was accessed in a cyberattack should not have to show someone stole their identities or ruined their credit to have standing to sue the hacked company, according to a friend-of-the-court brief filed in a federal appeals court. Washington-based Electronic…