Shawn Tay writes: Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has detected a dump containing details for nearly 400,000 payment card records uploaded to a popular darknet cardshop on April 9. The database was comprised almost entirely of the payment records related to banks and financial organizations in South Korea and the US. It should be noted…
Month: April 2020
(UPDATE 2 ): MO: Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center notifying patients after tornado hits secure records service provider
I read relatively few reports of breaches due to weather-related events, floods, or fires, but when I do see them, I try to post them. This one involves a business associate that provides secure records services. A tornado struck their building in Tennessee on March 3. The disaster impacted patients in Missouri. As Poplar Bluff…
Mercy Health says nurse was fired for violating privacy of multiple patients not for talking to the media
13ABC reports: Mercy Health is responding to claims made by a fired RN that his termination was retaliation from the hospital after he raised safety concerns with local media. The dispute between a fired Hackley Hospital RN, the Michigan Nurses Association and Mercy Health continues to unfold with the latest response coming from the hospital….
Nintendo Confirms Some 160,000 Accounts Might’ve Been Hacked
Julie Muncy reports: Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed that a recent hacking attempt on its system compromised the login IDs and passwords of some 160,000 Nintendo Network ID accounts. In the wake of the hack, the company is temporarily disabling the ability to log in to Nintendo Accounts through the NNID system, which, in the labyrinthine world of Nintendo account…
GAO wants four agencies to up their cybersecurity game by this fall
Andrew Eversden reported: Four Cabinet-level agencies are working to finalize risk-management strategies and improve internal cybersecurity coordination by this fall at the behest of the Government Accountability Office, according to new reports released by the watchdog this month. According to the “priority open recommendations” reports, which detail the GAO’s top unimplemented recommendations to an agency,…
Apple says ‘no evidence’ iPhone mail flaw used against customers
Reuters reports: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Thursday it has found “no evidence” a flaw in its email app for iPhones and iPads has been used against customers, and that it believes the flaw does “not pose an immediate risk to our users”. Read more on Reuters.