Tony Yoo reports: A Sydney startup has had its customer data stolen with the hackers threatening to publish the information unless bitcoins are paid out. Customers of ticketing platform Qnect, which is widely used by the university sector for organising social events, this week received SMS messages stating that their personal data has been stolen…
Month: May 2017
Kmart Confirms Credit Card Data Breach
Cody Fenwick reports: Sears Holdings, the parent company of Kmart, confirmed Wednesday that the popular retailer experienced a recent data breach, exposing customer credit card data to criminal hackers. While the company did not say which Kmart locations were affected by the breach, it said that online purchases at kmart.com were not targeted in the…
Woman stole info of 150 patients at Charlotte area medical practice
Joe Marusak reports: A Charlotte woman on Wednesday admitted to stealing the personal identification information of more than 150 patients at a Charlotte area medical practice. Keniona Thomas, 24, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charlotte to one count of identity theft for stealing the information from patient files, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors…
Stephenville Medical & Surgical Clinic notifies patients after data sent to another patient in error
I wonder if this incident really occurred on May 19, 2016, or if that was a typo and they meant to write “2017.” Their press release: Stephenville, Texas, May 31, 2017 / Stephenville Medical & Surgical Clinic, P.A. (SMSC) , a multi-specialty clinic serving the Stephenville, Texas area, disclosed it was involved in a data…
Former Tufts Health Plan employee sentenced for stealing patient info
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Scott J. Croteau reports: A former Tufts Health Plan employee was sentenced in federal court after she stole the personal information of more than 8,700 customers and gave them to her brother and another man involved in a Social Security and tax refund scheme….
INFORMATION SECURITY: FDIC Needs to Improve Controls over Financial Systems and Information
From: INFORMATION SECURITY: FDIC Needs to Improve Controls over Financial Systems and Information GAO-17-436: Published: May 31, 2017. Publicly Released: May 31, 2017. What GAO Found The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) implemented numerous information security controls intended to protect its key financial systems. However, further actions are needed to address weaknesses in access controls—including boundary…