Well, Saint Francis Health System ignored multiple inquiries from me about the alleged hack I reported on recently, but now they’ve apparently issued a statement. Amy Slanchik of Newson6 in Oklahoma reports, in part: Roberts said after working with forensics investigators, they discovered the information taken from the server appears to be a list of about…
Category: Breach Incidents
[CORRECTED and UPDATED] Hacking America: U.S. teen claims he had access to all state domains registered on .us TLD
UPDATE 9-21-2016 Over the past two days, DataBreaches.net provided the First Bank of Ohio with samples from two files that “Fear” claimed were from them. They have firmly denied that either file is theirs: These have nothing to do with us. The second group are businesses that are applying for liquor licenses in Ohio. The second…
SC: Data breach in Oconee Co. causes employee pay issues
WSPA reports: 230 Oconee County employees did not get money deposited into their bank accounts after a data breach involving the payroll service the county uses. The Sheriff’s Office says they do not have an exact dollar amount from the breach but they are working with SLED and the FBI to investigate. The county is…
Empire Minecraft [NOTICE] Staff Information Data Leak
Krysyy wrote: Dear EMC Community, It has come to our attention that one of our Staff Team member’s accounts was recently compromised. A banned player with malicious intentions utilized a Staff member’s account and accessed staff confidential information. Some of you may have already been aware of this, due to the player’s not-so-subtle temp and…
The Mystery of the Reappearing FTP server, Part 2
Earlier this week, in the context of discussing of how old and forgotten databases can come back to bite us in costly databreaches, I reported on a somewhat bizarre situation involving files belonging to a Pennsylvania dentist. I have since obtained more information on that situation, and thought I would update you all. Let’s start…
NJ: Maplewood tax firm hacked; data held for ransom
Having spent years interviewing hackers who described themselves as hacktivists or as hacking for the lulz, talking to hackers who engage in criminal hacking as a source of income has been…. educating, to say the least. But it’s also been a reminder that too many businesses really have no clue what they’re doing – not only in…