Joseph Menn and Dustin Volz report: A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called “bug bounty” program normally used to identify small code vulnerabilities, three people familiar with the events have told Reuters….
Month: December 2017
When Employees Go Rogue: Are Employers Vicariously Liable for the Privacy Breaches of Their Employees?
Sara D.N. Babich of McCarthy Tétrault LLP has a commentary on employer liability for employee wrongdoing under Canadian law. Her analysis includes discussion of the recent UK decision in the Morrisons data breach case. Here’s how Babich’s article begins: Although there has not yet been a definitive answer to this question in Canada, based on recent…
Cryptocurrency company NiceHash hacked; potentially millions in btc stolen
Becky Peterson reports: The contents of a digital wallet belonging to cryptocurrency company NiceHash, which included potentially millions of dollars worth of customers’ bitcoin, was stolen in a major security breach early Wednesday. The hack affected NiceHash’s payment system, and the entire contents of the company’s bitcoin wallet was stolen, the company said in a…
Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS data hacked, encrypted with ransomware
Parker Perry reports: The Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS station is without years of data after its server was breached and encrypted with ransomware. Chief Elmer Beard said the virus was found in August and the department has tried to work out solutions to get the information unencrypted. The hackers demanded payment for the…
Glen Head couple charged with identity theft in health insurance fraud case
We all know that medical identity theft to acquire treatment services is a risk, and that commingling of medical records could pose a real danger to patients, but you don’t read about that many actual instances. Here’s one out of New York, as reported by Amelia Camurati: A Glen Head couple was arrested last week for…
Hacker holds Mecklenburg County server files for ransom; deadline at 1 p.m.
Joe Bruno reports: Mecklenburg County officials are holding a 2 p.m. news conference on the attack and ransom demand. Channel 9 will carry it live HERE and on Facebook Live. A hacker is holding files on Mecklenburg County‘s server for ransom and has given the county a Wednesday deadline to pay up, according to Mecklenburg County…