Patrick Howell O’Neill reports: U.S. authorities issued a report Tuesday identifying a remote administration trojan (RAT) they say is used by the North Korea-based hackers to attack the aerospace, telecommunications and finance industries. The tool, called FALLCHILL, is used by a group that the Department of Homeland Security refers to as Hidden Cobra. That group is more popularly known as Lazarus…
Month: November 2017
Social Security numbers of 2,100 Maine foster care participants posted online
J. Craig Anderson reports: The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of roughly 2,100 Mainers who receive foster care benefits were accidentally posted to a public website in September, the Maine Office of Information Technology said Monday. The incident was the responsibility of an employee of a contractor, Knowledge Services, who still has a contract…
Clinic worker who stole IDs of mentally ill, addicted patients for tax scam denied break on jail term
Matt Miller reports the update to a breach previously noted on this site: A clinic worker who stole the personal information of his mentally-ill and drug-addicted clients for a tax scam can’t evade a 5-year prison term for his crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
CareFirst Data Breach Case Moves to US Supreme Court
Elizabeth Snell reports: November 13, 2017 – A petition for writ of certiorari was recently filed with the US Supreme Court, pushing the CareFirst data breach case forward. CareFirst wants its case reviewed, which could potentially reignite the debate over how plaintiffs need to establish that injuries took place from a data breach. In August 2017,…
Maryland Data Breach Notification Law Updated: Effective 1/1/18
Linn Freedman reports: The Maryland Personal Information Protection Act has been updated and the new provisions are effective January 1, 2018. The new law expands the definition of personal information that is protected under the statute. Presently, the definition of personal information includes a Maryland resident’s first and last name or initial and last name…
Alabama Resident Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes That Sought $26 Million
This case has been going on for years. You can find previous coverage of it on this site either by searching for individual defendants’ names or searching for “Alabama Department of Corrections.” From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama on November 9: A Phenix City, Alabama resident was convicted today by a federal…