Anton Nilsson reports: Hackers have claimed they have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards after a cyber attack against an Australian telecom firm. The victim, Melbourne-based Schepisi Communications, describes itself as a “platinum partner” of Telstra that supplies phone numbers and cloud storage services on behalf of the telecommunications giant. The company’s…
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Then a Hacker Began Posting Patients’ Deepest Secrets Online
William Ralston has a piece on Wired to put a human face on what happened to Finnish therapy patients of the Vastaamo clinic. The Vastaamo hack, extortion attempt, and data dump was one of the worst breaches of 2020 and an absolute nightmare in terms of a breach exposing personal and sensitive information. And what…
SmileDirectClub reveals cybersecurity incident that could cost millions
Joel Stinnett reports: SmileDirectClub was the victim of a cybersecurity threat last month that could cost the teledentistry firm as much as $15 million, the company announced in a filing made Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The incident, which occurred April 14, caused a systems outage at the Nashville-based company but was…
Houston Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Federal Prison for Massive Credit Card Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced EDWARD TOLIVER, age 47, a New Orleans native who had been living in Houston, Texas, to 124 months in federal prison for his role in a massive credit card fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The sentencing was held on April 29, 2021. In…
Scripps Health Hit By Cyberattack
Christina Bravo reports: Scripps Health confirmed Sunday their technology servers were hacked overnight, forcing the health care system to switch to offline chart systems and causing a disruption to their patient portals. Scripps did not provide any information on how the cyberattack occurred or state exactly what systems were affected by the breach. The health…
Australia proposes teaching cyber-security to five-year-old kids
Simon Sharwood reports: Australia has decided that six-year-old children need education on cyber-security, even as it removes other material from the national curriculum. A newly revised draft of the national curriculum for children aged five to sixteen, launched yesterday, added a new strand titled “Considering privacy and security” that “involves students developing appropriate techniques for…