Tom George A large bag with files including names, addresses, and social security numbers was found left in a bag on a sidewalk near Charleston and Eastern. Our 13 Action News morning crew was in the area working on a home invasion story, when they noticed a large black trash bag left on the sidewalk…
Month: March 2017
Law Firm Sued for Alleged Lax Data Security Avoids Class Action
Derek Borchardt and Michael F. Buchanan have an update on litigation previously noted on this site. At its heart, a lawsuit claimed a Chicago law firm, Johnson & Bell, had inadequate data security. There was no allegation of any actual breach – the suit was over inadequate data security. Back in December of last year, we reported that for the…
Dutch detectives unravel 3.6 million encrypted emails sent by criminals
DutchNews.nl reports: Dutch detectives have gained access to 3.6 million encrypted emails sent by criminal gangs which will be used in dozens of prosecutions, the public prosecution department said on Thursday. The information in the mails will provide evidence for criminal cases, including murder, armed robbery, drugs, money laundering and other forms of organised crime,…
Study: Healthcare Organizations Are Top Targets for Hackers – 68% Have Compromised Email Credentials
Presser, but has some interesting findings: Evolve IP, The Cloud Services Company™, today released the results of a study of Dark Web email vulnerabilities in the healthcare industry. The research, conducted in a collaboration between Evolve IP and ID Agent, reveals the pervasive nature of email-based cybersecurity attacks and sheds light on the quantity, variety, sources…
University of Georgia student and employee data found in data dump
What appears to be a combination list from various databases related to the University of Georgia appeared on a public paste site yesterday. Although the University of Georgia has disclosed a number of breaches in the past six years, none of the breaches this site knows about would account for all the data in this…
Hacktivist who conspired to hack high school football website sentenced to 2 years
Cyrus Farivar reports that Deric Lostutter, aka “KYAnonymous,” whose case has been followed on this site since 2015, was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Lostutter had been instrumental in leaking evidence concerning the Steubenville rape case. Lostutter initially denied his involvement. But in November 2016, he reversed himself and took a plea agreement in exchange for the prosecution dropping…