Alex Kennedy reports: The personal information of about 15,000 students at Memorial University was accidentally shared with other students in an inadvertent data breach, the university said Friday. The breach happened on Thursday as part of an email campaign from the school’s career development email. About 1,000 students received emails that contained other students’ personal information, according to a…
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Patient Radiology Files Accidentally Exposed Online by Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut has issued a statement concerning an error that exposed some patients’ files to the public between December 16, 2021 and April 18, 2022: New Haven, CT (June 17, 2022) –Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) today announced that a file created for research was unintentionally posted on a public facing…
Vallejo Woman, Tamara Manuel Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
Waqar Nawaz reports: Tamara Manuel, 52, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to three years and three months in prison for carrying out a fraudulent scheme that involved stealing the identities of severely disabled individuals to obtain federal tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court…
Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists
Andy Greenberg reports: Police forces around the world have increasingly used hacking tools to identify and track protesters, expose political dissidents’ secrets, and turn activists’ computers and phones into inescapable eavesdropping bugs. Now, new clues in a case in India connect law enforcement to a hacking campaign that used those tools to go an appalling step…
IN : Schneck Medical Center sued over 2021 data breach
On September 29, 2021, Schneck Medical Center in Indiana announced that it had been the victim of a cyberattack. But it wasn’t until May, 2022, that the medical center began notifying what they characterized as a “limited number” of patients about the incident. As DataBreaches reported at the time, their notification left important questions unaddressed. …
LA: Third party data breach compromises local checking accounts
Jade Moreau reports: Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – Numerous reports of bank account fraud are circulating throughout Southwest Louisiana. 7 News has heard many complaints from people who say their checking accounts may have been involved in a data breach. One area bank even said they had dozens of people closing accounts and creating new…