DataBreaches.net has been reporting on TheDarkOverlord (TDO) since they first burst on the scene in June, 2016. Since then, this site has reported on numerous attacks by them on health care entities, financial and business entities, a Hollywood post-production studio, and a defense contractor. Now they have begun to target the education sector, and an official at the…
Month: October 2017
Woman used stolen patient information to rent a car, cops say
Raisa Habersham reports: A former clinic employee is accused of stealing patients’ information and using one of the victim’s identity to rent a car, Atlanta police said. Police are not releasing the identity of the woman, who is still on the run and has 10 warrants to her name, Channel 2 Action News reported. The…
Disqus reveals it suffered a security breach in 2012
Richard Lawler reports: Another day, another security breach (and another, and another…). This time it’s Disqus, which is revealing that in 2012 — around the time when Engadget used Disqus for comments — hackers made off with some of its data, covering a snapshot of usernames and associated email addresses dating back to 2007, as…
District investigating data breach at Palo Alto High School
Elena Kadvany reports: The school district said it is investigating a data breach at Palo Alto High School after discovering a “rogue website” Thursday that exposed student names, grade point averages and class ranks. Staff were notified about the website Thursday morning. A screenshot of the website posted by student news outlet The Paly Voice…
Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3 Billion
Robert McMillan and Ryan Knutson report: A massive data breach at Yahoo AABA 1.95% in 2013 was far more extensive than previously disclosed, affecting all of its 3 billion user accounts, new parent company Verizon Communications Inc. said on Tuesday. The figure, which Verizon said was based on new information, is three times the 1…
Spanish court grants U.S. extradition for Russian hacking suspect
Reuters reports: Spain’s High Court said on Tuesday it had granted a U.S. request to extradite Russian citizen Peter Levashov, who is accused of U.S. hacking offences including operating a network of infected computers used by cyber criminals. Levashov, 36, was arrested while on holiday in Barcelona in April. Read more on Reuters.