The Irish Examiner reports: At least 1,000 government laptops, computers and data sticks have been reported lost or stolen since the general election, according to official figures. Equipment went missing from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) at an average rate of more than one a day, according to records obtained under Freedom of Information (FoI)…
Category: Breach Incidents
Costa Rica: great coffee, but not-so-great website security?
Pop Quiz: What do the Argentinian Ministry of Industry, the National Assembly of Ecuador, Nigeria’s embassy in Belgium, the Eastern India Regional Council, Jordan’s ministry of tourism, the Slovak Chamber of Commerce, and the Consular Department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation all have in common? Answer: They’re some of the government web sites hacked and dumped…
Reused passwords behind Groupon fraud attack
Nicole Kobie reports: Groupon has denied it’s been hacked following reports that users’ accounts are being abused to buy expensive holidays. Users of the discount site have reported hundreds of pounds missing from bank accounts, with one saying their account was used by a criminal to buy a holiday worth more than £2,400. Groupon said it hasn’t…
Frederick County Public Schools had brief internal data breach last year
Brandi Bottalico reports that Frederick County Public Schools, currently embroiled in a finger-pointing exercise with the state as to who’s responsible for a recently discovered breach involving former students’ information, had another breach last year. In January 2015, employees’ W-2 statements were viewable by other employees. The breach appeared to be strictly internal and due to human…
Texas firm exposed fetal and patient ultrasounds (updated)
Corpus Christi-based 4D Sound Diagnostics (3d4dinfo.com and Bump 2 Baby & Beyond) provides elective ultrasounds for women or couples who want an image of their baby. The firm, owned by technologist Michael Rodriguez and formerly based in Louisiana, also provides ultrasound services in doctors’ offices. While many of their clients appear to be in the former group (fetal ultrasounds that…
Ethereum Cryptocurrency Forum Suffers Data Breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Administrators of the Ethereum Project have announced today a data breach that affected over 16,500 users of the platform’s community forums. Ethereum is the name of the platform on which users can trade the Ether cryptocurrency, while the Ethereum Project is the governing body that manages the platform. The Ethereum forum is where…