Allan Brown reports: Chile’s banking watchdog Sbif reported there were two leaks of card details on Saturday. The leaks came just days after hackers published details of around 14,000 credit cards from local and international issuers. The first incident on Saturday involved details of 4,149 credit cards, which turned out to be the same as…
Category: Breach Incidents
Public Safety Hack of D.C. police cameras was part of ransomware scheme, prosecutors say
Peter Hermann reports: When hackers took over two-thirds of D.C. police’s surveillance cameras days before the 2017 presidential inauguration, it appeared that the cyberattack was limited to elicit a single ransom payment. But court documents show that the alleged scheme that January was far more ambitious. Federal authorities say two Romanians accused in the hacking…
“Hear Me Roar:” Kaiser Permanente-related site defaced by GOT fans
Kaiser Permanente’s Health Innovations web site wasn’t looking too healthy on Friday. If you attempted to access the site, instead of seeing happy and healthy people and notices about becoming members, you might have seen a notice that the site had been “Hacked by Dohaeragon.” “Dohaeragon” is reportedly “serve” in High Valyrian, the fictional language on…
BUSTED? A blackhat’s revenge exposes a 2-year old patient data hack that Holland Eye Surgery & Laser Center failed to disclose
A blackhat hacker known as “Lifelock” had claimed Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center knew about his hack two years ago but failed to disclose it to patients or HHS. A follow-up investigation by DataBreaches.net uncovered evidence supporting his claim. The evidence has been turned over to federal regulators. On June 2, DataBreaches.net reported that…
Central New York Cardiology notifies 824 patients after appointment records recovered by USPS from mail receptacle
I’m not sure I understand from the notification (reproduced below) how this incident occurred, but Central New York Cardiology is notifying 824 patients after the post office sent them a package of patient records that had been found loose in a mail receptacle. The records were appointment lists from October 2017 that, according to CNYC, should…
Australia Zoo Breached
Australia Zoo, home of the croc hunter otherwise known as Steve Irwin is one of Queensland’s leading tourist attractions. It also attracted the attention of a pentester who has provided CyberWarNews with evidence that the main website for the zoo has been compromised. The pentester, a Pakistani penetration tester named Touseef Gul, has previously made…