Tim Rath reports: The Shiawassee County financial administrator resigned this week after being caught in a phishing scam and mistakenly wiring $50,000 to an overseas bank account. Patricia Fitnich, who had been on the job about two years, thought she was replying to a message from Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jeff Bartz about…
Month: June 2018
MI: Holland Eye Surgery & Laser Center notifies 42,200 patients about 2016 hack
After his victim allegedly didn’t respond to his repeated demands for a “security fee,” a hacker accuses the victim of covering up a hack for almost two years. One of the breaches added to HHS’s public breach tool this past week is a breach reported by Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center in Michigan. The…
Fitness app PumpUp leaked health data, private messages
Zack Whittaker reports: A popular fitness app that claims over six million users was leaking private and sensitive data, including health information and private messages sent between users. PumpUp, an Ontario-based company, bills itself as a fitness community, allowing subscribers to discover new workouts and record their results, and get advice from fitness coaches and…
France: New “Data Security Kit” Published by the ANSSI
Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Caroline Chancé of DLA Piper write: …. In order to help organizations perform secure personal data processing and improve the overall digital security in France, the ANSSI has made available on its website (in French), a practical tool supplementing the French data protection supervisory authority’s (CNIL) own guidelines and recommendations on how…
Hacker Defaces Ticketfly’s Website, Steals Customer Database
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A hacker briefly took over Ticketfly’s website, defacing it with a picture of the V for Vendetta character and a claim of responsibility. The hacker also sent Motherboard files of what they say is employee and customer information taken from Ticketfly’s database. “Ticketfly HacKeD By IsHaKdZ,” read the message, according to a…
Ca: Sooke School District warns parents of privacy breach
BC Local News reports: The Sooke School District is warning parents about a privacy invasion after an employee’s email was hacked. “It has been discovered that the email account of a staff member was compromised by someone outside of the district and used to email out a spam informational link to other staff. Approximately 15…