When I saw “Spartanburg” in the news story, I thought this was an update on the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center breach reported on this blog previously, but the SRMC breach occurred March 28, and this incident occurred in April: GoUpstate.com reports A laptop stolen from a Foothills Nephrology employee’s vehicle in late April contained patient…
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Hackers claim 177K e-mails from Sony Pictures France
Erica Ogg reports: Sony’s turn as the whipping boy for Internet hackers continued over the weekend. Two hackers posted a list of e-mails they say they took from the Sony Pictures France Web site. The two hackers who claim responsibility are a Lebanese student who goes by the handle Idahc, and a French friend of his…
Sony Portugal latest to fall to hackers
On June 9, Chester Wisniewski wrote (but I missed): The same Lebanese hacker who targeted Sony Europe on Friday has now dumped a database from Sony Portugal. The hacker claims to be a grey hat, not a black hat, according to his post to pastebin.com. “I am not a black hat to dump all the…
Hackers claim attack on FBI partner organization, 1,000 compromised accounts
Stephen Dockery of Associated Press reports: Internet hackers say they have compromised the security of more than 1,000 accounts at an FBI partner organization. The online hacking collective Lulz Security says it attacked a local section of InfraGard, a partnership between the FBI and the private sector to share security information. Connecticut-based InfraGard’s website is…
AZ: Lending Company security breach may be inside job
Melissa Ziedy reports: Investigators now believe the security breach at major Phoenix mortgage company could be an inside job. A police report obtained by CBS 5 News details how last month officials at the Lending Company in north Phoenix contacted detectives. One of its managers had reported seeing a computer transferring customer’s personal information to…
GA: Customers victims of fraud after bank info stolen
Tyler Estep reports: Officials at a Norcross-based bank stressed Friday that, despite account holders falling victim to fraud in recent days, their own systems have not been compromised. Approximately 100 members of Associated Credit Union have experienced fraudulent transactions in their checking accounts recently, bank spokeswoman Callie Calderbank said. The transactions are believed to be…