Nelson Daranciang reports: Credit and debit card information stolen in a 2017 and 2018 Zippy’s data breach was used to make fraudulent purchases in 17 foreign countries and 28 states, including 595 in Hawaii, said Deputy Prosecutor Chris Van Marter. You can read more on Honolulu Star-Advertiser if you have a subscription. Back in January,…
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Another AMCA victim starts notifying patients
Add Texas-based Clinical Pathology Laboratories to the list of providers impacted by the breach at American Medical Collection Agency. Here is their press release, issued yesterday: AUSTIN, Texas, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (“CPL”) has been informed by Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”) of a data…
Sprint says hackers breached customer accounts via Samsung website
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US mobile network operator Sprint said hackers broke into an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com “add a line” website. “On June 22, Sprint was informed of unauthorized access to your Sprint account using your account credentials via the Samsung.com ‘add a line’ website,” Sprint said in a letter it…
Hacker steals data of millions of Bulgarians, emails it to local media
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A mysterious hacker (or hacker group) has stolen the personal details of millions of Bulgarians and has emailed download links to the stolen data to local news publications. The data’s origin is believed to be the country’s National Revenue Agency (NRA), a department of the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance. In a message…
Google warns Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong of government-backed hackers
Iain Marlow and Karen Leigh report: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong said that Google Inc warned him about government-backed hacking attempts as the former British colony’s historic protests continue to draw global attention – and China’s ire. The student leader on July 16 posted on Twitter a message he said he’d received from Google warning…
Japanese Exchange Bitpoint Hit By $32m Cyber-Attack
Phil Muncaster reports: Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has become the latest to lose tens of millions of dollars in a cyber-attack. The firm said it was forced on Friday to stop all services — including withdrawals, deposits, payments, and new account openings — while it investigated the incident. It has also notified the relevant authorities…