Joseph Cox reports: Specialty dating site “Muslim Match” has been hacked. Nearly 150,000 user credentials and profiles have been posted online, as well as over half a million private messages between users. Security researcher Troy Hunt has added the data to his breach notification site “Have I Been Pwned?” for the site’s users to check…
Month: June 2016
CUNA Joins Wendy’s Breach Suit
Roy Urrico reports: The Michigan Credit Union League, its members and CUNA are advocating for stronger merchants and card network accountability after a Wendy’s restaurants breach forced several credit unions to cover associated costs. According to CUNA, industry sources estimated the fraudulent charges have been even larger than in other recent data breaches such as…
Business Associate’s Failure to Safeguard Nursing Home Residents’ PHI Leads to $650,000 HIPAA Settlement
This works out to over $1570 per record. Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule after the theft of a CHCS mobile device compromised the protected health information (PHI) of hundreds of nursing…
19 House Democrat Websites Have Been Down For Days, Hacked Following Sit-In
Ted Goodman reports: Hackers took over 19 official government websites for Congressman since last Thursday after a major hacking incident compromised the network. The affected representatives contract their website management with the company DCS Services who works exclusively with House Democrats. People who visit the official sites of the nineteen affected legislators see a “site under maintenance” message. Read…
MN: Washington County security breach may affect Section 8 residents
Leah Beno reports: The Washington County Community Development Agency is warning of a security breach which may include people living in Section 8 housing. The WCCDA discovered an unauthorized third party hacked into one of the agency’s servers earlier this month, potentially exposing certain community members and employees’ personal information. A cyber security firm determined…
Massachusetts General Hospital Dental Group notifies patients of Patterson FTP server incident
Back in February, this site reported that a Patterson Dental anonymous FTP server was leaking patient data, according to a security researcher who had discovered the problem and reported it to them and then this site. One of the entities, the Massachusetts General Hospital Dental Group, had patient data caught up in that leak, and…