There are a few interesting details on the Montana (Flathead) attack by TheDarkOverlord (TDO) in an article by Eli Francovich in The Spokesman-Review. It sounds like TDO used methods they’ve used in the past and did a good job of covering their digital footprints. I’ve started looking into the Flathead/Columbia Falls incident a bit more…
Month: November 2017
Former Yahoo CEO apologizes for data breach, blames Russians
David Shepardson reports: Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company and blamed Russian agents at a hearing on the growing number of incidents involving major U.S. companies. Read more on Reuters.
Researchers Question Previous Health Data Breach Study
Elizabeth Snell reports: Claiming that larger healthcare facilities have a higher risk of experiencing a health data breach “neglects inherent biases in data collection and reporting practices,” according to a letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Vanderbilt University researchers Daniel Fabbri, PhD, Mark E. Frisse, MD, and Bradley Malin, PhD, wrote a letter to the editor in response…
HBO sends out breach notifications after May hack
So this is interesting. HBO is sending out breach notification letters related to their breach in May that was disclosed back in July. But to whom are the notifications going? Employees? Customers? Both? And why did it take so many months for notifications to be sent? From their notification letter, copies of which are now…
Feds: Ex-employee targeted Minnesota company with ‘hacker-for-hire’
Mark Reilly reports: Federal prosecutors say a cyberattack on a Monticello-based technology company was prompted by a former worker who hired outside hackers to bring down its websites. The Star Tribune reports on the charges against John Kelsey Gammell, a former Minnesota resident who allegedly hired a hacking-for-hire service in Israel to target Washburn Computer…
UK: Confidential information ‘may’ have been in stolen hospital container
The Dudley News reports: Bosses have admitted that a waste container stolen from Russells Hall Hospital may have contained confidential information. The container, which held paper waste, was stolen from the back of the hospital at 6.45pm on October 5. Read more on Dudley News.