The following is a press release: King of Prussia Dental Associates and its affiliate Pediatric Dentistry of Collegeville (KOP Dental) are committed to maintaining the privacy and security of the protected health care information of the organizations’ patients. Recently, KOP Dental detected irregular activity on a computer server and immediately took action. On or about June 1, 2016,…
Month: September 2016
IN: McDonald’s employee stole about 100 credit card numbers while working drive-thru
Gabby Gonzalez reports: Newly unsealed court documents reveal how detectives were able to track down a McDonald’s employee who allegedly stole around 100 credit card numbers while working the drive-thru. Police say Makeisha Roberts, the McDonald’s employee, and Quentin Deshawn Creamer worked together to steal customers’ information and make fake credit cards they used to…
Seagate sued by its own staff for leaking personal info to identity thieves
Shaun Nichols reports on a lawsuit filed by Seagate employees whose W-2 information was given to criminals who successfully tricked an employee via business email compromise. The suit [PDF], originally filed in July through the Northern California District Court, accuses the hard drive maker of negligence and unfair business practices stemming from the March 1, 2016…
NL: ‘Massive data breach’ at Almelo municipaility
DutchNews.nl reports: Hackers have stolen 22 gigabytes of data from municipal servers in Almelo, reports NU.nl. It says that although it is unclear what data have been leaked, people’s personal data have almost certainly been affected. Hackers reportedly gained access to systems for Werkplein Twente, a partnership between the UWV benefit agency and areas in Twente…
Israeli Online Attack Service ‘vDOS’ Earned $600,000 in Two Years
Brian Krebs reports: vDOS — a “booter” service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks designed to knock Web sites offline — has been massively hacked, spilling secrets about tens of thousands of paying customers and their targets. The vDOS database, obtained…
eThekwini shuts down e-services after user data leak
Kyle Venktess reports: Johannesburg – The eThekwini Municipality, which comprises Durban, has shut down its e-services website after it was revealed on Thursday that it was potentially leaking personal data. Fin24 reported on Thursday that the KwaZulu-Natal municipality’s e-services website is susceptible to hacking as residents’ personal information such as ID numbers and other data risks…