Some hacktivism activities are easier for me to understand than others. On August 16, Stephen Adams and Brandon Gray reported that the City of Killeen (Texas) website was hacked for the second time in roughly three months: Visitors to the website were welcomed to a message of “HACKED BY llJACKSPARROWll” along with an image of a Turkish Flag and Turkey…
Month: August 2016
SCAN Health Plan notifying members of unauthorized access to their information (UPDATED)
SCAN Health Plan is notifying some members of a potential breach that may have begun on March 4. From an FAQ on the incident, they explain: August 22, 2016 Keeping your information private is something we take very seriously. This notice will explain what happened and what SCAN is doing to protect you. What Happened? On June 27,…
Dominican Hospital notifies patients whose PHI was sent to wrong health plan
Dominican Hospital, part of Dignity Health, is notifying patients whose protected health information was securely, but erroneously, transmitted to an incorrect health plan on July 16. The error was detected on July 28. According to a copy of the notification letters dated August 18, some patients were notified that the information included their name, account number, admission date, length…
FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others: CNN (Updated)
Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz report: Hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence have carried out a series of cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other US news organizations, according to US officials briefed on the matter. The intrusions, detected in recent months, are under investigation by the FBI and…
French sub builder data leak of concern
AAP reports: A leak of secret documents from the French company that won the bid to design Australia’s new $50 billion submarine fleet raises fears about the security of top-secret data on the navy’s future fleet, it’s been reported. The leaked documents seen by The Australian run to 22,400 pages and detail the secret combat…
Ca: Hospital snoopers receive fines, community service for ‘massive criminal scheme’
Alex Balligall reports: An Ontario Court Justice handed down fines and community service on Tuesday for two people who admitted to taking part in a “massive criminal scheme that violated the privacy of thousands” of maternity patients at hospitals in Scarborough. Poly Edry was fined $36,000, plus a victim surcharge of $9,000, for her part in the…