AP reports that a federal judge has denied a motion by lawyers for Roman Seleznev (previous coverage) seeking dismissal of hacking charges (like that was really gonna happen, right?) Martha Bellisle reports that the court found that nothing in the government’s conduct is seizing Seleznev in the Maldives was so outrageous or egregious as to warrant…
Category: Business Sector
Hospitals Aren’t the Only Ones Bleeding Health Records
Kaveh Waddell reports on an issue near and dear to my heart: not all entities that collect or store health information are HIPAA-covered entities. Earlier this year, as one example, we saw the Systema Software leak that impacted numerous firms with a wealth of workers compensation claims. And last year, we saw many employees’ wellness data breached…
Wish list app from Target springs a major personal data leak
Dan Goodin reports: According to researchers from security firm Avast, the database storing the names, e-mail addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and wish lists of Target customers is available to anyone who figures out the app’s publicly available programming interface. Read more on Ars Technica.
PA: Rivers Casino Hit With Computer Virus
AP reports that the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh released a statement disclosing that its system had been compromised with malware, but officials reportedly say it didn’t compromise the personal information of its customers. Read more on CBS. There is no statement on the casino’s web site as of the time of this posting, but I imagine…
Update: OkHello (FINALLY) secures its leaking database (Update2)
After discovering that OkHello video chat service’s database was still leaking – nine days after Chris Vickery and I first notified them and tried to get them to secure it – I sent two more emails to OkHello last night to repeat the notification. Both were to email addresses that were only found last night (and great thanks to Steve Ragan…
UK: Arrest made in VTech hack
There’s been an arrest in connection with the VTech hack that made headlines for involving 6.4 million children’s profiles. Much of the early disclosure about the hack was due to the hacker reaching out to Motherboard to tell them what he had done and what he had obtained. Thankfully, he seemed more interesting in exposing the infosecurity problem than…