Robin Goist reports: More than 500 patient medical records and other personal information are at-risk as a result of an email phishing incident that targeted Summa Health employees. The Akron-based health system announced Friday it is sending letters to patients whose information may have been accessed by an “unauthorized person” who gained control of employee…
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Breach at Cloud Solution Provider PCM Inc.
Brian Krebs reports: A digital intrusion at PCM Inc., a major U.S.-based cloud solution provider, allowed hackers to access email and file sharing systems for some of the company’s clients, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. El Segundo, Calif. based PCM [NASDAQ:PCMI] is a provider of technology products, services and solutions to businesses as well as state and federal…
ASIC: 19-153MR Computer hacker Steven Oakes jailed for unauthorised access and insider trading
JUNE 25: IT consultant Steven Oakes has today been sentenced in the County Court at Melbourne to a total effective sentence of three years imprisonment, and ordered that he be released after serving 18 months of the term of imprisonment, on his own recognisance to be of good behaviour for 18 months, after pleading guilty…
Hackers steal data from telcos in espionage campaign: cyber firm
Ari Rabinovitch and Tova Cohen report: Hackers broke into the systems of more than a dozen global telecom firms and stole huge amounts of data in a seven-year spying campaign, researchers from a cyber security company said, identifying links to previous Chinese cyber-espionage activities. Investigators at U.S.-Israeli cyber firm Cybereason said on Tuesday the attackers…
Dominion National investigates and notifies after discovering unauthorized access to servers that began as early as 2010
ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Dominion National, an insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits, announced that it is addressing a data security incident involving some personal information that Dominion National maintains in connection with the services it provides. On April 24, 2019, through Dominion National’s investigation of an internal alert and…
High school student charged with computer hack to change attendance records: police
Ron Zeitlinger reports: A 17-year-old student at Ferris High School in Jersey City has been charged with computer-related offenses after school district officials found that a number of students’ attendance records had been altered. The Jersey Journal reported last week that at least one Ferris High School student gained access to the system and reduced…