The company associated with the Indiana Pacers – Pacers Sports & Entertainment (“PSE”) – issued a notice yesterday about a data security incident. Curious as to whether it impacted fans or employees, I skimmed it… only to be reminded yet again that our medical or health data can be breached in all kinds of settings….
Category: Hack
Top-Tier Russian Hacking Collective Claims Breaches of Three Major Anti-Virus Companies
Executive Summary “Fxmsp” is a high-profile Russian- and English-speaking hacking collective. They specialize in breaching highly secure protected networks to access private corporate and government information. They have a long-standing reputation for selling sensitive information from high-profile global government and corporate entities. In March 2019, Fxmsp stated they could provide exclusive information stolen from three…
25,148 patients served by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence notified of ransomware incident
Here’s yet another ransomware incident in which investigators couldn’t really determine whether ePHI were actually accessed, so the entity notified HHS and is notifying patients. In this case, we are dealing with what could be treatment information for more stigmatizing conditions such as alcoholism or addiction. According to their report to HHS, 25,148 patients are…
NY: Episcopal Health Services – Notice of Data Privacy Event
A press release issued today. On September 18, 2018 Episcopal Health Services became aware of suspicious activity in employee email accounts. We immediately began an investigation to determine what happened and what information may have been affected. With the assistance of third-party forensic investigators, we determined that certain employee email accounts were subject to unauthorized access between…
NY: Gates Chili student arrested, charged with hacking into former superintendent’s email
WHAM reports: A student in the Gates Chili Central School District is being charged as an adult after allegedly hacking into the account of the former superintendent. Ajay Bhattacharyya, 17, was arraigned Friday evening on eight felony counts: Two counts of computer trespass, two counts of identity theft and four counts of falsifying business records….
RIT student charged in $2.5 million mobile phone hacking scheme
Will Cleveland reports: A Rochester Institute of Technology student is among those charged by federal indictment in connection with a scheme to gain control of cryptocurrency wallets and accounts. Reyad Gafar Abbas, 19, was one of six people charged in a 15-count indictment by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Michigan. Three other individuals were…