Lolita C. Baldor reports: The Pentagon on Friday said there has been a cyber breach of Defense Department travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. According to a U.S. official familiar with the matter, the breach could have affected as many as 30,000 workers, but…
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MindBody-owned FitMetrix exposed millions of user records — thanks to servers without passwords
Zack Whittaker reports: FitMetrix, a fitness technology and performance tracking company owned by gym booking giant Mindbody, has exposed millions of user records because it left several of its servers without a password. The company builds fitness tracking software for gyms and group classes that displays heart rate and other fitness metric information for interactive…
Minnesota DHS Notifies Residents After Discovering Two Successful Phishing Attacks
KSTP reports: The Minnesota Department of Human Services were victims of a phishing email scam, where someone had the ability to access the information of approximately 21,000 individuals who interacted with the department. DHS confirmed the potential breach Thursday in a statement. DHS sent out a letter dated Tuesday to those individuals whose information may…
Tech worker in Central Pennsylvania accused of stealing customers’ nude photos
Adam Hermann reports: A 23-year-old tech employee from York, Pennsylvania, is accused of stealing nude photos from customers’ cellphones. Cristian Adonis Santiago, 23, allegedly sent the personal photos to his own email account while working on customers’ phones in the store at an authorized retailer for Verizon Wireless, according to York Area Regional Police. Read…
Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery reports data breach
CISOMAG reports: The officials at Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery stated that they’ve fallen victim to a major data theft that exposed its customers’ personal data, including Social Security numbers and limited health information. The Vancouver-based diagnosis and treatment services company stated around 2,800 of its patients and employees may have been affected by the incident….
Two years after ‘trauma’ of hack, DNC builds a tech team with a veteran bench
Tim Johnson reports: The digital operations team at the Democratic National Committee hit some dark days after Russian hackers mauled their networks in 2016, hijacking dozens of computers and pilfering tens of thousands of emails to hand over to WikiLeaks and onto the internet. Remnants of that digital bruising linger. “I feel like everyone’s still…