Nicole Lindsey reports: Data breaches at the world’s largest corporations are becoming a commonplace affair, but are investors on Wall Street really paying attention? A new study from UK-based pro-consumer website Comparitech looked at the recent stock market performance of 28 different companies that recently suffered a massive data breach of some kind (defined as…
Category: Breach Incidents
NC: Former Operator of Illegal Booter Services is Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Computer Damage and Abuse
WASHINGTON – An Orland Park, Illinois, resident was sentenced yesterday to 13 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to cause damage to internet-connected computers for his role in owning, administering and supporting illegal booter services that launched millions of illegal denial of service, or DDoS, attacks…
Exclusive: More than 90,000 patient billing files from an alcohol and drug addiction treatment network exposed online
Update: On December 2, Sunshine Behavioral Health reported this incident to HHS as impacting 3500 patients. They also ticked the box for Business Associate. Update 2: On January 23, 2020, ID Experts submitted a copy of their notification to patients to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. Another day, another leak. In this case, an error…
FL: Mount Dora medical company reports minor data breach
Payne reports: MOUNT DORA — A Mount Dora medical company caught an employee trying to sell patient information earlier this year, according to a statement sent Friday. An apparent data breach at Aegis Medical Group, a Mount Dora-based healthcare network, was revealed to the group by the U.S. Secret Service Sept. 11 after they allegedly discovered the woman’s…
Dallas man convicted of computer fraud, aggravated identity theft in hacking of New York-based tech company
Mathew Richards reports: Following a five-day trial, a Dallas man was convicted on Friday on charges for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of a New York-based technology company, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 30-year-old Tyler C. King…
Israel Extradites Accused Russian Cybercriminal to U.S. (Updated)
Felicia Schwartz and Dustin Volz report: Israel said Tuesday that alleged Russian hacker Alexei Burkov, whom the Kremlin attempted to recover in an unusual prisoner exchange, was extradited to the U.S. to stand trial for a range of hacking-related crimes, including fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion and money laundering. According to the American request for…