Kyra Gurney reports: Two months before the U.S. presidential election, international hackers slipped into the computer systems of at least four Florida school district networks in the hopes of stealing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of students. They infected the systems with malware — malicious software — that turned off the logs recording…
Month: June 2017
Fake call centre busted: Personal info of 6 lakh people found in one Excel sheet alone
Deep Mukherjee reports: Confidential information of customers who booked flats in Noida, postpaid mobile customers, credit card holders and insurance policy subscribers were in possession of the gang that was running a fake call centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, police said. Such was the gang’s methodical approach that it had a detailed list of people…
‘I Want To Expose Google’s Mistakes’: The Russian Hacker Blamed For A Big Android Fraud Problem
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: Google’s proud of its track record in protecting more than one billion Android phones and tablets from malevolent hackers. But in the last 12 months, it’s been dealt a few blows, including the biggest ad fraud to ever hit its mobile operating system and the most significant single theft of Google accounts…
What’s worse than getting phished? Getting phished *and* sending a selfie of your Photo ID and credit card
David Bisson writes: Phishers are targeting PayPal users not only for their login credentials but also for selfies of them holding their ID cards. This scam campaign starts off like so many others. A user gets an attack email falsely warning them that PayPal has suspended their account “for security precaution.” “Hi there, “Our technical…
Briefcase containing Little River Healthcare records stolen
KCEN reports: Little River Healthcare discovered May 12 that a briefcase containing 18 paper charts and a laptop with patient electronic medical records, was stolen from a provider’s locked vehicle. Among the information stolen was: patient names, dates of birth, dates of service, and medical history. The records did not include social security numbers, driver’s…
Personal information of 16 Utahns stolen from DCFS employee’s vehicle, officials say
Carter Williams reports: The private information of 16 people was stolen in May after a Utah Department of Family and Child Services employee’s vehicle was broken into and copies of identification records needed for background checks were stolen. The break-in occurred on May 16 in the Salt Lake Valley, according to Ashley Sumner, a public…