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NASCAR team’s data locked up by ransomware; Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing paid the ransom

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Dissent

Nick Bromberg reports that Circle Sport Leavine Family Racing fell victim to a ransomware attack this Spring after their files got locked up on Dropbox. “First you don’t want to believe it, but every file I tried to open had the same thing,” Dave Winston, the team’s crew chief told Fox Sports. “You know in this sport,…

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Mercy Medical Center Redding notifies patients after discovering NaviHealth case manager was working under a stolen identity

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

Typically, when an entity posts a link to a security breach notification on their web site, it’s a normal or small font. If you’re lucky, it’s positioned so that you stand a chance of spotting it immediately. But Mercy Medical Center Redding wanted to make sure they caught their patients’ attention with this graphic on…

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Hackers Just Leaked Personal Data of US Military Officials and it’s Legit

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

Waqas writes: Ghost Squad Hackers (GSH) made their entry a few months ago by conducting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Black Lives Matter websites. The group then took part in Anonymous‘ linked operation OpIcarus against banking and financial institutions but the latest attack shows the hackers have graduated to a whole new level. Yes, Ghost Squad…

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Swing and a miss? Topps apps database leaked fans’ info

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

When security researcher Chris Vickery was unable to get sports trading card giant Topps to respond to his notification that a database was exposing mobile apps fans’ information, DataBreaches.net stepped up to the plate.   The exposed database was not the first time MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery had seen Topps mobile app fan data leaking….

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Former ProMedica therapist convicted of illegally obtaining patient data

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

An update on a previously noted insider breach case. From NBC24: A former ProMedica respiratory therapist has been convicted in federal court of illegally obtaining health information while employed at Bay Park Hospital. A trial began against Jamie Knapp, 27, began on Monday in U.S. District Court in Toledo. The former ProMedica employee was tried…

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Palm Beach County Resident Pleads Guilty in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy Involving Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dissent

A Palm Beach County resident pled guilty for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud conspiracy involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Oniel Winston Scarlett, 28, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to retain and conceal monies stolen from the United States, and to commit identity…

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