ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions. A press release on March 18 described an incident that impacted what they describe as “some patients’ personal and medical information.” On January 24, 2019, ZOLL discovered that some email archived by an unnamed third-party service provider had been exposed…
Month: March 2019
HIV data leak: Mikhy Farrera Brochez pleads not guilty in US court
Chris Kenning reports the latest development in a case this site has been following since January (search “Brochez” for other coverage). Mikhy Farrera Brochez on Tuesday (Mar 19) pleaded not guilty in a US federal court in Kentucky to charges related to stolen identification documents from Singapore’s HIV registry, according to his lawyer Jay Oakley. The American, who is…
NC: Hackers demand ransom from Orange County for 3rd time in 6 years
Holden Kurwicki reports: A local county is being held hostage by hackers who could have access to your private information at their fingertips. The Orange County IT Department is working hand in hand with outside agencies to hunt down hackers who have invaded county computer servers with ransomware. [..] “We have public computers at the…
SD: Dell Rapids Boutique Boosts Security Following Hack; Still Hears From Hacker
A popular South Dakota boutique is urging other small businesses to make sure they have a solid security firewall in place. A hacker targeted The Mason Jar in Dell Rapids just before the busy holiday shopping season last year. And the hacker is still returning to the scene of the cyber-crime. Well, why wouldn’t the…
Data breaches result in CEO pay rises, study shows
Stop the world. I want to get off. Mark Sutton reports: Bosses are more likely to receive a pay rise after their firm suffers a cybersecurity breach, according to a study by the UK’s Warwick Business School. Researchers at Warwick Business School found that media reports of a cyber-attack led to a stock market “shock”…
Hackers hold Norsk Hydro for ransom
Nina Berglund reports: The cyber attack that brought down Norwegian industrial firm Norsk Hydro on Tuesday is believed to have been orchestrated by hackers demanding ransom money, company officials confirmed at an afternoon press conference. Hydro won’t pay, and believes it will be able to get its systems back up and running. “We have good…