Oh my. It seems that upscale Brooks Brothers had a payment card compromise that went on for almost one year at hundreds of their brick-and-mortar retail and outlet locations. Brooks Brothers recently became aware of a security incident that could affect the payment card information of some customers who made purchases at certain Brooks Brothers…
Month: May 2017
Developing: Multiple NHS trusts across England disrupted by ransomware attack
Digital Health is reporting: Multiple hospitals across England have been hit by a large-scale cyber attack on Friday afternoon, with trusts switching off systems. NHS Digital confirmed to Digital Health News that it is aware of a “cyber security incident”. Sources told Digital Health News that there was a major N3 cyber security issue on…
NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project to Entire Internet
Sam Biddle reports: IN EARLY DECEMBER 2016, Adam was doing what he’s always doing, somewhere between hobby and profession: looking for things that are on the internet that shouldn’t be. That week, he came across a server inside New York University’s famed Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing, headed by the brilliant Chudnovsky brothers, David and Gregory. The…
Chinese Hackers Must Pay $8.9 Million for Law Firm Data Theft
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Bob Van Voris reports: Three Chinese hackers who traded on data they stole from two top New York law firms were ordered by a judge to pay $8.9 million. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan on May 5 fined the men and ordered…
UPDATE: iHealth Innovations responds to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital data security concern
Yesterday, DataBreaches.net reported on a misconfigured rsync backup that had been detected by Kromtech Security. The security firm had contacted DataBreaches.net for notification assistance on May 3 after unsuccessfully trying to notify iHealth Innovations that patient data from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center could be accessed and downloaded without any login required. One week later, we still do…
Texas health system settles potential HIPAA violations for disclosing patient information
Okay, this seems a bit harsh in terms of monetary penalty. From another HHS/OCR settlement announced today: Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…