University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) has today disclosed a breach that occurred in September 2019. According to a notification on their site, on September 21, 2019, they became aware that the email accounts of some students who had been seen by their health care system had been accessed without authorization. Those email…
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UK: Reading Crown Court: Hungerford man avoids jail for computer hacking
John Garvey reports: A computer hacker from Hungerford has narrowly avoided an immediate prison sentence. The 22-year-old walked from the dock at Reading Crown Court on Monday with a suspended sentence after a judge told him: “We don’t want people like you hacking into our computers and stealing our private information.” Jack Shepherd had previously…
Germany Seeks EU Sanctions for 2015 Cyberattack on Its Parliament
Catherine Stupp reports: Germany is urging its fellow European Union governments to impose the bloc’s first-ever sanctions for hacking on a Russian suspect in the 2015 cyberattack on the German parliament. An EU sanctions framework for cyberattacks took effect last year, allowing the imposition of travel bans to the EU and the freezing of bank…
Hackers for hire ‘targeted hundreds of institutions’
Paul Murphy in London and Kadhim Shubber in Washington report: A hackers-for-hire group dubbed “Dark Basin” has targeted thousands of individuals and hundreds of institutions around the world, including advocacy groups, journalists, elected officials, lawyers, hedge funds and companies, according to the internet watchdog Citizen Lab. Researchers discovered almost 28,000 web pages created by hackers…
Health Sector Most Targeted by Hackers, Breach Costs Rise to $17.76B
Jessica Davis reports: June 09, 2020 – The healthcare sector was the most targeted by hackers and cyberattacks in 2019. And its 382 data breaches cost the sector more than $17.76B billion, according to ForgeRock’s 2019 Consumer Breach Report. The healthcare sector accounted for 45 percent of data breaches in 2019, followed by the banking, insurance, and financial…
Nintendo now says 300,000 accounts breached by hackers
Zack Whittaker reports: Nintendo has almost doubled the number of user accounts compromised by hackers in the past few months. The Japanese gaming giant originally said that 160,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised, exposing personal information like the account owner’s name, email address, date-of-birth and their country of residence. In an updated statement, the company said another 140,000 Nintendo…