Boston25 News reported this last week: A state database reveals personal information about some health care workers, who say they’re worried about potential violence following them home. Bob St. Martin is a paramedic who made a troubling discovery earlier this month when he found a link to download his personal information online. “We have to…
Month: November 2017
Shafer’s attorney appeals revocation of his pretrial release
Attorneys for Justin Shafer have appealed the revocation of his pretrial release. As regular readers of this site likely know already, Shafer has been in jail since April on charges of cyberstalking an FBI agent and the agent’s family. Those cyberstalking charges have nothing to do with three FBI raids conducted on Shafer prior to…
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre makes note of TheDarkOverlord
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ, saw fit to include a notice about TheDarkOverlord in their Weekly Threat Report of November 3. Their weekly threat report is drawn from open source reporting. The Dark Overlord – Systematic cyber-enabled extortion A cyber crime group called ‘The Dark Overlord’ has claimed responsibility for…
Police Arrest Suspect in #LeakTheAnalyst Mandiant Hacking Incident
Well, I missed this one, but thankfully, Catalin Cimpanu didn’t. He reports: Law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual believed to be behind Operation #LeakTheAnalyst that took place over the summer. “For the past 90 days, we have worked closely with law enforcement, both domestically and internationally, to assist in the investigation and identification of…
AU: AMP among companies affected by data breach of 50,000 staff records
Namaan Zhou reports: The personal details of more than 4,000 government employees have been exposed in a massive data breach of 50,000 staff records from various companies across Australia. The leak, first reported by iTnews, is believed to be the second-largest data breach in Australian history, after the details of 550,000 blood donors were accidentally…
Kansas agency’s data restored after ransomware attack
Greg Mast reports: East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging was the victim of a computer breach earlier this fall. The breach at ECKAAA, 117 S. Main, Ottawa, occurred Sept. 5. Files containing names, address, telephone number, birthdate, social security number and/or Medicaid number were encrypted by ransomware, which means the agency could not “open…