When the owner of BreachForums was arrested this week, it was not a total surprise, but there were aspects to it that were curious. DataBreaches wonders whether this was a rushed operation in response to some possibly urgent concern. Bloomberg Law broke the news Friday that Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin,” was arrested Wednesday, and…
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Lansing Community College dealing with “cybersecurity incident”
On March 16, Amaya Kuznicki reported: A cyberthreat shutdown Lansing Community College for the rest of the week. The school is working with the FBI, a cyber insurance response team, and the Michigan Cyber Command Center to solve the problem. LCC posted on social media Thursday that classes will not be in session Friday, but…
Patient’s ’embarrassing’ private health information posted to Facebook after breach
Tori Gaines reports: A woman has reported that the results of her test for sexually transmitted diseases were posted to Facebook after a worker at a California hospital gained access to her medical records, according to a complaint shared by her attorney. There’s a lot to consider about this case. From the reporting, it appears…
Break-in poses security threat to Multnomah County Health Department patients
Lisa Moreno reports: The Multnomah County Health Department began notifying over 2,000 patients Friday that a month-old security breach may have put their personal information at risk. Someone broke into the Gladys McCoy Health Department headquarters in Old Town on the night of Feb. 17 and the county notified police on Feb. 21 after discovering the burglary,…
NBA alerts fans of a data breach exposing personal information
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The NBA (National Basketball Association) is notifying fans of a data breach after some of their personal information, “held” by a third-party newsletter service, was stolen. “We recently became aware that an unauthorized third party gained access to, and obtained a copy of, your name and email address, which was held by…
Atlanta man sentenced to federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar international cyber and fraud scheme
There’s an update to a previously reported case: ATLANTA – Christian Akhatsegbe has been sentenced for wire and computer fraud conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft related to a multi-million-dollar cyber-fraud scheme perpetrated through email phishing, credential harvesting, and invoice fraud. His brother, Emmanuel Aiye Akhatsegbe, who is believed to be residing in…