JP Buntinx reports: When Erasmus University was hacked a couple of weeks ago, it appeared that only student names, addresses, and logins were obtained. But that is only part of the real story. A total of 270,000 webforms residing on one particular web server were breached during the attack. Close to 5,000 forms contain student medical information,…
Month: November 2016
NYS audit of Glen Cove City School District finds deficiencies in IT procedures
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli has released the state’s audit of the Glen Cove City School District . The audit concerned portable electronic devices. Key findings from the audit: There was no written policy for notifying the IT office of new hires, keeping track of equipment assigned to employees and collecting equipment when an employee leaves District employment. The District’s…
Check Point reveals 1,000,000 Gmail accounts were hacked
Arutz Sheva reports: Security researchers at Israeli software security company Check Point revealed Wednesday that a fresh Android security breach has resulted in more than one million Google accounts being hacked, accordng to a Channel 2 report. According to the company’s researchers, attackers were able to gain access to the personal information of over one million GMAIL…
Zynga sues 2 former employees over alleged massive data heist
Cyrus Farivar reports: On Tuesday, Zynga sued two of its former employees. The company claims they stole confidential information and took it to their new employer, rival social gaming startup, Scopely. Massimo Maietti and Ehud Barlach worked as higher-up employees for the San Francisco-based Zynga until they left in July and September, respectively. Scopely, which makes Dice with Buddies, Wheel…
Are some patients still first finding out about Ambucor breach?
How many clients of Ambucor Health Solutions – and how many patients – have been affected by an insider wrongdoing incident at the business associate earlier this year? We still don’t know, but here’s some of what we have found out. Gee, it would be nice if we had more transparency and business associates/vendors had to…
Data leak on Europol terrorism investigations: Dutch TV (Updated)
Toby Sterling reports: Information on numerous international investigations into terrorism groups compiled by Europol was accidentally left online, unguarded by any password, a Dutch television program reported on Wednesday. Europol, which helps European Union national police organizations cooperate, could not immediately be reached for comment. The television program Zembla cited the Europol’s adjunct director Wil…