Update: After posting the article below, this site was contacted by the Twitter user who was posting data on Twitter, @baidu3250617231 provided additional proof, including pictures allegedly taken from an Axis camera. Other details were also provided to Steve Ragan of Salted Hash. Steve Ragan of Salted Hash has a possible breach report involving Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) that…
Category: Breach Incidents
Uber settles with all 50 states and the District of Columbia over massive 2016 data breach. The price tag? $148 million.
Uber Technologies Inc. will be paying a steep fare for its 2016 data breach. Here’s the press release from the NYS Attorney General’s Office about the record penalty it will pay. All states and the District of Columbia are party to the settlement. Settlement with 50 States & DC Also Requires Uber to Adopt Model Data…
B.C. privacy officials look into data breach involving bankrupt computer retailer
Sunny Dhillon reports: Privacy officials in B.C. and Ottawa are looking into a reported data breach involving former Canadian retailer NCIX, with millions of records – including customer names, addresses, phone numbers and payment information – said to have been made available through a Craigslist post. Travis Doering, who runs a small cybersecurity firm in…
Chinese police arrest 21 over data theft at Alibaba’s delivery arm: Xinhua
Meg Shen reports: Chinese police on Friday arrested 21 suspects in connection with the theft of customer information from Alibaba Group Holding’s logistics affiliate Cainiao Network, state news agency Xinhua reported. More than 10 million pieces of client data — including user names, phone numbers and parcel tracking numbers — were stolen from Cainiao, which…
Pune Crime: Hackers Who Stole Rs 94 Crore From Cosmos Bank Arrested
Chaitraly Deshmukh reports: The Cybercrime cell of the Pune city police have arrested seven people in connection with the major hacking of Cosmos Bank servers. The hackers had managed to withdraw Rs 94.42 crores last month by hacking into the servers of the Pune branch of Cosmos Bank. The hackers transferred Rs 94.42 crore to…
Commentary: What Constitutes Negligence in Company Data Breaches?
Amy L. Hanna Keeney of Adams and Reese writes about an opinion in a court case that stemmed from one of TheDarkOverlord’s hacks: their attack on Athens Orthopedic Clinic (AOC). I had covered that breach extensively, including commenting on the fact that AOC did not offer any free services to patients whose data had not…