Update: TurboTax resumed filing state returns later yesterday. Original story: WSYR-TV reports: TurboTax has halted filing state returns because of concerns over identity theft. The company says criminals are stealing personal data and filing fake returns – enabling them to claim tax refunds from the government. An internal investigation shows the breaches aren’t attributed to…
Category: Breach Incidents
Anthem Alerts Consumers to Protect Themselves from Phishing Emails
Some people are already receiving phishing emails, it seems. Anthem has issued the following press release in response: INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 6, 2015– Individuals who may have been impacted by the cyber attack against Anthem, should be aware of scam email campaigns targeting current and former Anthem members. These scams, designed to capture personal information (known…
Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield discloses breach that could affect tens of millions of customers and employees (Update2)
Following the disclosure by Community Health Systems in an SEC filing that they suspected Chinese hackers were responsible for the theft of 4.5 million patients’ information, the FBI sent out a “Flash” warning to alert the the healthcare sector that it was being targeted by hackers. It was the second warning they had issued in a period of a few months. In…
FBI alerts CICS Employment Services that personal info may have been compromised
When in doubt, notify. Even if you suspect that it may be a vendor and not your firm that’s been breached – particularly if it’s the FBI or Secret Service that comes knocking on your door to alert you that you may have been breached. CICS Employment Services Inc is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that their information…
Target Hackers Hit Third Parking Service
Brian Krebs reports: Book2Park.com, an online parking reservation service for airports across the United States, appears to be the latest victim of the hacker gang that stole more than a 100 million credit and debit cards from Target and Home Depot. Book2park.com is the third online parking service since December 2014 to fall victim to this cybercriminal group….
Has Hirsche Private Asset Management Ltd. gone dark after disclosing breach?
On January 7, this site posted a press release from Hirsche Private Asset Management Ltd. announcing what appears to have been attacks that compromised their clients’ information. Since that time, they have revealed no additional details, and their web site returns 403 and 404 error messages. A bit of digging reveals that Hirsche Private Asset Management Ltd….