Daniel Tyson reports: Appalachian Regional Hospitals in Beckley and Summers County computer systems were breached Saturday afternoon, but company officials were tight-lipped as to the extent or what information was seized by the hackers. The hospitals’ parent company, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, issued a two-paragraph statement that their hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are on…
Category: Breach Incidents
Ca: Data theft leads to four-year jail term
The Barrie Examiner reports: On March 13, 2013, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a stolen motor vehicle northbound on the 400 Highway at Mapleview Drive in Barrie. Two males were arrested and charged. Further investigation lead to 2,500 counterfeit and stolen credit numbers, counterfeit Ontario Driver licenses and a template to manufacture…
More than 1500 BNZ customer’s confidential information compromised in data glitch
Emily van Velthooven reports: A Waikato woman, who chose to remain anonymous, contacted ONE News claiming she had received an email from BNZ disclosing bank information for a local business. She says she received an email on Tuesday morning listing the account details of a large business. “It had the date, bank account names, balances,…
Dozens of security breaches by Australian Defence Force
Bryan Seymour reports: There have been 60 serious security breaches across the Australian Defence Force, including three-dimensional maps of secure Australian army bases being sent to overseas suppliers in unsecure emails. Documents, obtained by 7 News, found inappropriate access was given to staff, sensitive defence details were discussed at a coffee shop and casual employees…
Do you or a family member have a Health Savings Account? If so, read this.
If you have a health savings account (HSA), you may be one of many people who treat it like a savings account or an inactive checking account where you do not check your balance or withdrawals frequently. But your HSA may be an attractive target for fraudsters, and you need to protect it. DataBreaches.net has heard that…
Four states’ fishing and hunting licensing sites hacked (update3)
The databases of four state wildlife sporting licensing sites have been hacked, according to an individual who claims to be the hacker. On Monday, an individual calling him/herself “Mr. High” posted the following on an AlphaBay forum: I just hacked four websites and reported the security holes. Two of these were government websites. All of these…