Marsha Shuler reports: Some 56,000 emergency medical technicians were advised this week that a hacker may have gained access to personal information about them contained in a state licensing database. The state Department of Health and Hospitals sent letters to the emergency medical technicians, notifying them of the incident that occurred Sept. 17. […] Department…
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TX: HISD investigating how its computers were hacked
Erika Mellon reports: Houston school district officials suspect their computer system was hacked over the weekend, leaving employees and students without access to the Internet, online classes and e-mail for two days. The electronic blackout ended late Tuesday afternoon, but the district’s police department was continuing to work with the FBI to investigate the suspected…
Tempering justice with mercy?
A number of people have commented on Twitter and on this blog that the young man who was arrested for breaching the Houston Healthcare database should have been thanked and/or hired. If this were 1983, I might agree with them, but I found myself taking a harder line about the breach as it was not…
Thames Valley District hacker: “I did it to prove to people that their information isn’t as secure as they think”
Norman De Bono updates the story on the Thames Valley District hack: The board’s student portal was hacked, and Facebook quickly became rife with reports it was the work of a 16-year-old, Lucan-area student in Grade 11 at Medway high school in Arva. In Facebook message exchanges, someone purporting to be the youth said he…
Ca: Hacker wreaks havoc on Thames board website
Norman De Bono reports: A computer hacker breached security on the Thames Valley District school board’s website, meaning marks and timetables for 27,000 students – a small city of teenagers – could be accessed. The board has called in police and said the system was shut down “within an hour,” with no chance marks could…
Accused hacker granted bond in Houston Healthcare case
Becky Purser follows up on a breach first reported yesterday: A 21-year-old computer consultant accused of hacking into Houston Healthcare’s database was granted a $10,000 conditional bond Thursday in Houston County Superior Court. Christopher Stewart Wheeler of Warner Robins, who is charged with one count of theft by taking, four counts of computer theft and five…