Alexandra Stevenson and Carlos Tejada report that the S.E.C. has disclosed it was hacked last year: The disclosure, coming on the heels of a data breach at Equifax, the major consumer credit reporting firm, is likely to intensify concerns over potential computer vulnerabilities lurking among pillars of the American financial system. The Securities and Exchange…
Month: September 2017
Equifax tweets fake phishing site to concerned customers
Did you hear the one about the major credit reporting agency that not only had two hacks this year that have impacted the majority of the population, but then they directed consumers to a fake phishing site? Yeah, that one. So at this point, I think it’s pretty clear that the Equifax breach will go…
How Ransomware has become an ‘Ethical’ Dilemma in the Eastern European Underground
Regular readers of this site will remember the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center ransomware incident, if for no other reason than it was the first time we had a medical center publicly revealing that they had been hit by ransomware and had decided to pay the ransom (approximately $17,000) than risk a shutdown of life-saving equipment….
Passwords to Access Over a Half Million Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online
Dell Cameron reports: We’ve seen a lot of data breaches this year: some big, some small, some that are dangerous, and some that are just embarrassing. But if we were to name one as the creepiest data breach of 2017, this leak of logins for car tracking devices might take the cake. The Kromtech Security Center…
AU: Leak puts Toowoomba residents at risk of identity fraud
The Chronicle reports: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has confirmed that a data leak has left 1000 Toowoomba residents vulnerable to identity fraud. There are few details about how the security breach occurred, but the OAIC confirmed that financial information of customers of Amazing Rentals was left visible online. Read more on…
Analysis of August healthcare breaches highlights hacking incidents
Protenus’s Breach Barometer for August notes that hacking incidents accounted for 54.5% of the health data breaches disclosed in August and 95% of the 673,934 breached records for August incidents. Also of note: Extortion demands and non-automated ransom demands also continue to plague the healthcare industry, although in many cases, media reports and HHS reports make no mention…