Harold McNeil reports: People Inc. said it was the target of a data security breach that involved protected health information of some of its current and former clients. People Inc. learned that two employees’ email accounts were breached and their emails contained personal information about clients, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account information,…
Month: May 2019
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. Notifies Checkers and Rally Guests About Data Security Issue
TAMPA, Fla. May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. (“Checkers”) announced today that it is notifying guests about a data security issue involving malware at certain Checkers and Rally’s locations. After discovering the issue, Checkers quickly engaged leading data security experts to conduct an extensive investigation and coordinated with affected restaurants and federal law…
Utah knew the company it picked to create standardized tests had a history of crashes and cyberattacks. It signed a $44 million contract with Questar anyway.
Courtney Tanner reports: In other states, the year-end tests were marked by glitches and cyberattacks and hourlong delays. One school district threw out its results because the software was so unreliable. In another, all of the students had to start over when the programming shut down and didn’t save their responses. Sensitive student data was…
Hackers steal key info about home hunters from housing agency
DutchNews.nl reports: Hackers have made off with hundreds, possibly thousands, of identity card scans after breaking into the computer system of rental housing agency NederWoon. The information stolen by hackers was uploaded to the site between 2017 and 2019 by people looking for somewhere to live. The hackers now have their name, address, contact information…
How I hacked into a college’s website again!
Aditya Anand writes: This is a follow up article to the previous piece that I wrote – How I hacked into a college’s website to obtain the student’s database. Refer to my last hack – How I hacked into a college’s website! …. What was different than the last time? The last time I tried to hack…
Hackers are scanning for MySQL servers to deploy GandCrab ransomware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: At least one Chinese hacking crew is currently scanning the internet for Windows servers that are running MySQL databases so they can infect these systems with the GandCrab ransomware. These attacks are somewhat unique, as cyber-security firms have not seen any threat actor until now that has attacked MySQL servers running on…