Ricci Dipshan and C. Ryan Barber have an article on the importance and possible implications of LabMD’s challenge to the FTC’s application of their Section 5 authority when it comes to data security. Here’s a snippet: The lack of tangible evidence in the case is hard to overstate. While LabMD, like the many other companies…
Category: Breach Incidents
Leet.cc data hacked in February publicly dumped
In August, LeakedSoure informed Softpedia that it had received the full database and source of Leet.cc, a service for creating and running Minecraft Pocket Edition servers. According to Softpedia at the time, there were over 6 million users’ records, consisting of username, hashed password, registration date, last login date, and user ID. “For the vast majority of users,…
UK: Five men sentenced over insider breach helping corporate rival
From Thames Valley Police: Five men have been sentenced today (30/9) following an investigation by Thames Valley Police and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). The men were originally arrested by Thames Valley Police in March last year, in an operation with the support of SEROCU. The investigation was then passed onto SEROCU’s…
MS: Urgent Care Clinic of Oxford notifies patients of ransomware attack
Urgent Care Clinic of Oxford is notifying patients seen prior to August 2, 2016 of what sounds like a ransomware attack. In their notification letter, they say that sometime in early July, their server was hacked. The breach was discovered on August 2nd when staff noticed the computer system running more slowly than usual. From the sound of their…
Habitat for Humanity Colorado discloses severely handicapping data breach
From HFHC: For the past several months, HFHC has been dealing with a significant and malicious data breach which has severely handicapped our ability to efficiently conduct business and has hijacked our attention for the last several months. The tech company we are now working with states in its letter of findings that “In 17…
Two more hacks with ransom demands, but is anyone paying? Part 1.
Over the past few months, DataBreaches.net has reported on a number of hacking incidents where the attackers demanded ransom if the victims did not want to see their data publicly dumped or put up for sale. Some of the incidents involved TheDarkOverlord, who attacked a number of clinics in the healthcare sector. Other incidents involved a self-described…