In February 2017, Google and the State of Iowa were the target of multiple phishing email campaigns. The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the Iowa Veterans Home jointly responded and coordinated the recovery of the incident and worked together to implement additional measures to prevent a similar occurrence in the future. We…
Month: April 2017
RI: Lifespan notifying 20,000 patients after unencrypted laptop stolen from employee’s car
Lifespan is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. To date, Lifespan has no indication that any patient information has been accessed or used by anyone as a result of this incident. Lifespan is investigating the theft of an employee’s…
UK: Hacker ‘caused global chaos by fuelling 1.7 million cyber attacks’
Tristan Kirk has a follow-up on his previous coverage of the Adam Mudd case. A young hacker caused global chaos and “incalculable” damage by fuelling more than 1.7 million cyber attacks around the world, the Old Bailey heard today. Adam Mudd, 20, helped fellow hackers to attack and crash websites and computer servers by selling…
Young cyber criminals motivated by peer respect and accomplishment
The National Crime Agency has today published research into how and why some young people become involved in cyber crime. The report, which is based on debriefs with offenders and those on the fringes of criminality, explores why young people assessed as unlikely to commit more traditional crimes get involved in cyber crime. The report…
Cleveland Metropolitan School District discloses phishing-related incident
Cleveland Metropolitan School District, (“CMSD”), recently discovered an event that that may affect the security of personal and financial information of a select group of employees, students, their guardians, and/or other affiliates of CMSD. What Happened? On March 6, 2017, CMSD determined that certain categories of employee, student, and/or guardian information contained in a limited…
AU: Patient privacy breach: over 1600 medical letters found dumped in Sydney bin
Kate Aubusson reports: More than 700 public patients have had their privacy breached and potential delays in their follow up care after more than 1600 medical letters were found dumped in Sydney bin. NSW Health is investigating the incident involving a sub-contractor for a company tasked with transcribing medical letters sent from specialists to general practitioners,…