Eric Heisig reports the follow-up on a case previously noted on this site: Two Romanian hackers were founded guilty Thursday of launching a series of sophisticated malware attacks that infected the computers of thousands of people around the world. Bogdan Nicolescu and Radu Miclaus were each convicted on 20 charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy to…
Month: April 2019
FL: Clearway Pain Solutions Institute notifies patients after EMR hack was discovered
Gulf Coast Pain Consultants, LLC d/b/a Clearway Pain Solutions Institute, recently notified patients after discovering on February 20 that their EMR system had been accessed without authorization. Their investigation revealed that the third party accessed patients’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, insurance information, name of referring provider, and…
PA: Community College of Allegheny County discloses breach of former students’ info
Oof. Community College of Allegheny County responded to a public records request concerning former students. They redacted student PII,in the spreadsheets, but due to “technical failures in the redaction process,” the data could be unmasked. Read the notification to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office.
Brexit: Home Office sorry for EU citizen data breach
Add this to any list of things requiring an apology? Ross Hawkins reports: The Home Office has apologised to hundreds of EU citizens seeking settled status in the UK after accidentally sharing their details. It blamed an “administrative error” for sending an email that revealed 240 personal email addresses – a likely breach of the…
Newly discovered ‘TajMahal’ hacking framework includes 80 malicious modules
Duncan Riley reports: Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new and sophisticated advanced persistent threat framework that was likely developed by a nation-state. Dubbed “TajMahal,” the APT framework contains 80 malicious modules that can be used to attack and steal data from an intended victim. Described by Kaspersky researchers today as one of…
Majority of Hotel Websites Leak Guest Booking Info
Jai Vijayan reports: Information that people submit when making an online hotel reservation is often available in its entirety to a lot more parties than just the hotel itself. New research from Symantec shows that a majority of hotels—from small independent properties to large five-star resorts and chains—routinely leak detailed guest booking data with third-party…