The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and IDCARE have released a joint statement: 18 June 2018 On Friday 1 June 2018 PageUp Limited, an online recruitment services organisation, notified their customers about a data incident in relation to the integrity of their systems – proactively informing of…
Category: Hack
Ca: Data breach at CarePartners
Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles reports: One of the province’s most well-known home care service providers has fallen victim of a cyber-attack. The attack has breached CarePartners‘ computer system and as a result patient and employee information held in that system, including personal health and financial information, has been inappropriately accessed, according to Ontario’s Local Health Integration Network….
All members of Rex Mundi have now been arrested – Europol report
I haven’t posted anything new about Rex Mundi since 2016, but I’ve continued to compile information on them, in part because their use of the extortion model predated the same approach by TheDarkOverlord. But now it appears that all eight members of Rex Mundi have been arrested in a series of arrests beginning in June,…
Hackers want millions from Liberty Life, or will start releasing sensitive data – Report
MyBroadband reports that hackers are attempting to extort Liberty Life: Financial services provider Liberty stated late on Saturday night that it had been hit by an IT systems breach. The company posted a notice to its website which said it had suffered “unauthorised access to its IT infrastructure”. […] According to a report in the Sunday Times…
CO: Hacking case against basalt roofer dismissed
Jason Auslander reports: The District Attorney’s Office on Friday dismissed its case against the owner of a basalt roofing company accused of hacking into a competitor’s computer files and using the information to undercut and sabotage the competitor’s bids. Gregg Mackey, owner of Red Eagle Roofing, was first charged with a computer crime felony equal…
Past Jeopardy! champ pleads guilty to felony for hacking college emails
Danielle Salisbury reports: A Jeopardy! champion and former Adrian College professor who hacked college email accounts pleaded guilty to a felony this week. Lenawee County Circuit Judge Margaret Noe is to sentence Jass on July 20. She admitted on Wednesday, June 13, to unauthorized access to a computer, program or network, punishable by a maximum…