Guillermo Contreras reports on a case I don’t recall seeing before: A judge sentenced a former Methodist Healthcare worker to more than 10 years in federal prison Thursday for stealing patient identities and using the information to claim unemployment benefits. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered Andrea Nicole Brooks, 30, to serve 97 months for…
Category: Breach Incidents
The long road to catching “Bitcoin Baron,” the “Internet’s most inept criminal”
Jack Smith IV has a piece on Randall Charles Tucker (a/k/a “Bitcoin Baron”), who was recently arrested. Smith’s piece includes a recap of some of Tucker’s attacks on sites, but also includes chat transcripts that give insight into his thinking and behavior. The Observer article will be of interest to those interested in the motivation and…
“Freedom’s” just another word for data left to lose? (with apologies to Janis)
From Freedom Smoke‘s submission to the California Attorney General’s Office, a notice of a “potential security breach.” Note that the firm has already received reports of fraudulent charges on credit cards possibly linked to this incident, even though they have no evidence confirming illegal use: We identified that between approximately February 11, 2015 and March 16,…
University of Utah responds to alert, investigating
Vulnerable Disclosures writes: Looks like they still are having issues. While they haven’t noted any breaches we are pretty sure from what we have been seeing on our systems and sensors that they have an issue. UPDATE: Within minutes of the report the University of Utah has begun the process to research this issue. Apparently this…
Anonymous Claims Hack of Israeli Arms Importer, Fab-Defense; Leaks Massive Client Login Data
Waqas reports: Online hacktivist Anonymous has breached into the website of an Israeli arm importer and manufacture Fab-Defense (fab-defense.com) and leaked login credentials plus personal details of its local and international clients/customers, including some government officers. The latest cyber attack was conducted under the banner of OpIsrael. After analyzing we found out that data is legit and…
MS: Former consultant arrested for copying and selling data
In today’s installment of The Threat Among Us, a consultant copies his employer’s data and then allegedly sells it to another business, despite having a confidentiality agreement in place. The FBI reports that on April 8, 2015, members of the Jackson FBI’s Cyber Task Force arrested Thomas A. Wotring, age 28. The arrest was made…