Nathan Wyatt, the 38 year-old U.K. resident known as “Crafty Cockney” on AlphaBay market, has lost his bid to convince the High Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that he should be extradited to the U.S. Today’s ruling means that Wyatt is one step closer to being extradited to stand trial in federal court…
Category: Breach Incidents
ME: InterMed, P.A. notifying patients after 4 employees fall for phishing attack
Notice posted on InterMed, P.A.’s web site, Nov. 4: On September 6, 2019, we learned that an unauthorized individual gained access to an employee’s email account between September 4 and September 6, 2019. We immediately took steps to secure the account, began an internal investigation, and engaged a leading national computer forensic firm to conduct an…
Marriott notifies associates of breach at unnamed vendor
In a year that has seen a number of reports that suggest how costly a past data breach may be for Marriott in Canada as well as the U.K. and U.S., Marriott is disclosing yet another breach. On October 30, Marriott International notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a breach at an unnamed vendor…
Florida Virtual School needs new board, new ethics standards, state education department says
Beth Kassab and Leslie Postal report: The troubled Florida Virtual School should get a new governor-appointed board, new ethics standards for employees and a new inspector general inside the school to oversee internal audits and investigations, according to a report released Friday by the Florida Department of Education. And some of the criticism relates to…
More victims of yet another Click2Gov breach this week
Yet another report of a data breach involving Click2Gov software by Central Square Technology. Previous coverage of the publicly disclosed breaches from 2017, 2018, and 2019 are linked from here. Also see research reports by FireEye, Gemini Advisory, and RBS for additional background. The latest victim to come forward — at least the most recent…
NSW Labor headquarters reported for possible data breach
Angus Grigg and Edmund Tadros report: The NSW Labor party could be dragged into the troubles of an embattled Sydney mayor after he was accused of breaching data privacy laws and misusing the electoral roll. Ryde mayor Jerome Laxale was reported to the NSW Electoral Commission after sending a seemingly innocuous birthday letter to a…