Reuters reports: Hackers targeted Turkey’s Akbank via the SWIFT global money transfer system in an attack which the bank said had not compromised customer data but would cost it up to $4 million. Banks globally face a growing threat from cyber attacks, more of which have succeeded since February’s $81 million heist from the Bangladesh…
Month: December 2016
National Australia Bank email gaffe sends 60,000 overseas customers’ banking details to wrong email
ABC reports: National Australia Bank (NAB) has accidentally sent the account details belonging to 60,000 overseas customers to an incorrect email address. NAB wrote to all the account holders involved, telling them the emails included information such as their name, address, email, BSB and account numbers, but it did not include any passwords. Read more…
Hacker claims to have 305,000 PayAsUGym customers’ data up for sale (Updated)
PayAsUGym is a brilliant concept, enabling customers to find and use their nearest gym no matter where their work or day takes them. The network currently has 2,500 fitness centers in the U.K. and customers who purchase monthly passes have unlimited access to their chosen gym, but also access to all gyms of same monthly price or less,…
Another day, another ransomware attack in the health care sector
John Blodgett reports: An unauthorized person hacked into the computer system of a chain of health clinics in the San Gabriel Valley and installed “ransomware,” the company that operates the clinics reported Wednesday. The breach of one server occurred in October, according to a news release from the East Valley Community Health Center, which operates…
IL: Security breach could affect Black Hawk College employees
Anthony Watt reports: Information about Black Hawk College employees and their dependents could have been compromised in a hack of a former insurance provider’s server. Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. has notified the college that the names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information and medical records of 1,000 current and former employees could have been accessed…
Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates Announce Incident Involving Theft of Business Records
Dec. 15 – Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates announced today an incident involving the theft of old business records from an off-site storage facility, which included in the material unauthorized access to certain personal protected health information from the years 2006 and 2007. The Lewisville Police Department ultimately recovered the boxes of stolen records. Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates…