I missed this one when it first appeared, but it’s worth posting so that parents can once again remind their kids about online safety. Read the full news story on this one as it provides a lot of details about the hacker convincing the victim to give him the login credentials to her account, and…
Month: March 2019
Sacked IT guy annihilates 23 of his ex-employer’s AWS servers
Lisa Vaas reports: An employee-from-hell has been jailed after he got fired (after a measly four weeks), ripped off a former colleague’s login, steamrolled through his former employer’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, and torched 23 servers. […] As the Mirror reported during Needham’s January trial, the IT worker was sacked after a month of…
This Spyware Data Leak Is So Bad We Can’t Even Tell You About It
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: This story is part of When Spies Come Home, a Motherboard series about powerful surveillance software ordinary people use to spy on their loved ones. A company that sells consumer-grade software that lets customers spy on other people’s calls, messages, and anything they do on their cell phones left more than 95,000…
FEMA exposed personal information of 2.3 million disaster victims
Caroline Linton reports: FEMA mistakenly exposed personal information, including addresses and bank account information, of 2.3 million disaster victims, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released Friday. The breach occurred because FEMA did not ensure a private contractor only received information it required to perform its official duties, the report said….
Everywhere you look, it seems schools are struggling with malware
Two more reports in my inbox, thanks to Russy: MA: Lynn Public Schools internet shut down due to virus: A widespread computer virus has shut down the internet in Lynn Public Schools until further notice. Yesterday, the administration was made aware of the virus at Lynn Classical, Lynn English, and a few of the elementary…
Human Development Center in Duluth Notifies Patients After Email Breach
The Duluth News Tribune reports: The Human Development Center in Duluth says a data breach occurred in January, possibly exposing personal data of clients. According to HDC, during a routine review of email logs on Jan. 25, it was determined that an employee’s email account was compromised and accessed by individuals outside HDC on Jan….