Lea Kahn reports: The East Windsor Township’s computer system has been compromised by unknown hackers, but it took more than two weeks for township officials to publicly acknowledge the breach and notify township residents. A message – “Notice of Cyber Incident” – scrolled across the top of the East Windsor municipal website March 18. It…
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New Orleans Woman Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Larceny of Over $200,000 Using Patient Information Stolen from Metairie Medical Clinic
There’s an update to a case that involved theft of patient data from an unnamed Metairie clinic to support a fraud scheme. The trio was arrested back in 2015 but have first been sentenced. From the Department of Justice, this press release yesterday: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ASHLEY…
Hackers hit Mass. background-check firm used by state agencies, universities
Dan Adams reports: Computer hackers made off with highly sensitive personal records on more than 164,000 job-seekers and license applicants in a virtual “smash and grab” attack last November on Creative Services Inc., a Massachusetts company that conducts background checks on everyone from marijuana entrepreneurs to state employees, university faculty members, and workers at nuclear…
1 Million Texans Potentially Impacted By Dental Care Data Breach
CBS DFW reports: More than a million Texans may have been impacted by a massive data breach involving a large dental care provider. Jefferson Dental and Orthodontics, which has 72 offices across Texas, reported to the Texas Attorney General’s Office a data breach affecting up to 1,026,820 Texans. The breach was posted on the state’s…
Hackers hit Hood. Dairy shut down milk production this week after ‘cyber security event’
Anissa Gardizy reports: It’s not just passwords, credit card data, or personal records. Now, it appears the hackers have come for our milk and Hoodsies. H.P. Hood Dairy said Friday that it was the target of a “cyber security event,” that forced it to temporarily shut its 13 dairy plants around the country this week….
Shooting the Whistleblower? Defamation Suit Claims Nuance Communications Gave False Info to FBI, SEC, Retaliated Against Whistleblower
There is an interesting lawsuit stemming from an incident that had previously been claimed to be a rogue insider’s doing. Now Marc Stolowitz, the former employee, is suing the firm, Nuance Communications, claiming that the firm falsely accused him of hacking them to cover up the fact that he was in the process of blowing…