Gaurav Sarkar reports: Ahead of Moharram, a website named ‘Bohrileaks’ has released the Ashara attendance records of Bohri Muslims around the globe—including names, cell phones numbers—in what it claims is an effort to expose how poorly guarded the community’s personal data is. The Dawoodi Bohra Fatemi dawat, the trust that governs the community and has…
Month: October 2016
Northwest Community notifies patients of R-C Healthcare breach
It may seem like old news to you by now, but some patients affected by a third-party breach at R-C Healthcare are first finding out about it now. As reported previously on this site, R-C Healthcare had been notified by Bon Secours on June 14 that files with 655,000 of its patients’ records were exposed. The exposure…
Ca: Private student information mistakenly posted online by Surrey School Board
Jilly Slattery reports: Some Surrey parents are enraged after discovering their private information and their children’s school attendance records were publicly posted online. The absentee records from Frank Hurt Secondary School were posted online in 2014, and remained there for anyone to see until recently. The list included names, phone numbers, and addresses, and some sensitive…
Two Lizard Squad/PoodleCorp Members Arrested and Charged
American and Dutch Teenagers Arrested on Criminal Charges for Allegedly Operating International Cyber-Attack-For-Hire Websites CHICAGO — Federal authorities in Chicago have charged two suspected computer hackers for allegedly operating cyber-attack-for-hire websites that launched attacks on companies and individuals around the world. ZACHARY BUCHTA, 19, of Fallston, Md., and BRADLEY JAN WILLEM VAN ROOY, 19, of…
UK: Student found guilty of hacking firm’s emails
David Parker reports: A university student has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 compensation after he hacked the emails of a garden furniture company and targeted one of its customers. Moshood Olawale Abolade, 26, of Hatchets Lane, Newark, had denied fraud by false representation. He was found guilty after a trial at Nottingham Magistrates’…
LabMD asks the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to Stay FTC’s Final Order
The FTC wouldn’t grant a stay when LabMD requested a stay of their final order, so not surprisingly, LabMD is seeking an immediate and temporary stay from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. I’ve uploaded the motion here (pdf). I think they make a strong case for a stay, but see what you think after you…