Kevin Stawicki reports: A California federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $115 million deal that ends claims Anthem Inc. put 79 million consumers’ personal information at risk in a 2015 data breach, casting aside calls for the settlement to go even further to punish the nation’s second-largest health insurer. You can read…
Month: August 2018
British and Canadian Governments Accidentally Exposed Passwords and Security Plans to the Entire Internet
Yael Grauer reports: By misconfiguring pages on Trello, a popular project management website, the governments of the United Kingdom and Canada exposed to the entire internet details of software bugs and security plans, as well as passwords for servers, official internet domains, conference calls, and an event-planning system. The U.K. government also exposed a small…
Augusta University Health breach risks health, personal information of 417,000
Matt Kempner reports on a developing story: A breach of email accounts at Augusta University Health may have exposed sensitive health and personal information of about 417,000 people, including patients around the state, the university announced Thursday. Those at risk are primarily patients of Augusta University Health, including Augusta University Medical Center (which is the…
Melbourne teen hacked into Apple’s secure computer network, court told
Erin Pearson reports: A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the FBI. The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke into Apple’s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a…
Second Nigerian sentenced for phishing scam
Patrick McArdle reports: One of two Nigerians who admitted to being part of a conspiracy to steal personal information from Vermont state employees and other U.S. residents was sentenced Tuesday in Rutland federal court to time served, or 14 months in jail. Osariemen Isibor, 32, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in March to conspiracy…
Ca: Flatlands man says health records accessed without authorization
Kevin White reports: A man from the Restigouche region says people should be able to expect privacy when it comes to their health records, even if they live in a small town where everyone seems to know everything about everyone. This after Mark Firth of Flatlands says an employee at the Campbellton Regional Hospital accessed…