There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Ellen Nakashima reports: An alleged hacker with the Syrian Electronic Army, a group that supports the Syrian government, has been extradited to the United States from Germany on charges of conspiracy linked to a hacking-related extortion scheme, U.S. officials said Monday. Peter Romar, 36,…
Category: Breach Incidents
FOX 35 Investigation reveals hole in cyber security plan at UCF
Could this show up as evidence of negligence in any lawsuit against the University of Central Florida, even though the breach disclosed in February appears to have involved hacking and not phishing? A FOX 35 investigation has revealed that in the months leading up to a cyber security breach at the University of Central Florida, leaders decided…
IL: Abingdon-Avon School Board addresses alleged data breach
Tom Loewy reports: So many people attended Wednesday’s special meeting of the Abingdon-Avon District 276 School Board it had to be moved from the superintendent’s conference room to Hedding Grade School’s cafeteria. While roughly 150 visitors were on hand for the start of the 6 p.m. meeting, just 25 stayed through the five-hour executive session…
Union League Club fires employee, investigates customer credit card breach
Stefano Esposito reports: One of the city’s best-known social clubs says it is working with the FBI to investigate a security breach involving guests’ credit card information. Earlier this year, the Union League Club of Chicago learned that one of its employees was using computer software to access credit card information, among other things, according…
Florida Hospital Medical Group notifies patients after transcription service error
Florida Hospital Medical Group recently notifed HHS of a breach affecting 1,906 patients. Although the breach reportedly involved a transcription service, the entry on HHS’s public breach tool does not indicate any business associate was involved. In digging into this report, I found that the Orlando Sentinel had reported the incident on April 8: If you’re…
Two more colleges report compromise of employee W-2 info
Two more colleges have reported breaches involving employee W-2 data. I’m late picking the first one up, but it seems Allegheny College employees reported problems when filing taxes. On April 14, Angela Mauroni reported that at least 74 non-student employees of the Pennsylvania college had reported such problems. The college believes the information was accessed through the hacking…