Not surprisingly, perhaps, there’s an update to a breach report involving Wellington, Florida. The original report was one week ago (cf, this post). Now Kristina Webb reports: Wellington, Fla., Chief information officer William Silliman also said the breach began as an effort to mine for the digital currency Bitcoin, but at some point expanded to…
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Med Associates Provides Notice to Patients of Hack
Their press release of June 14: Med Associates, Inc. processes claims for medical providers located in and around Albany, NY. Med Associates, Inc. is providing notice of an incident that may have involved the security of patient’s information in its care. We have no evidence that any patient information was specifically accessed or used in…
Librarian Sues Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach, Wins $600
Brian Krebs reports: In the days following revelations last September that big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax had been hacked and relieved of personal data on nearly 150 million people, many Americans no doubt felt resigned and powerless to control their information. But not Jessamyn West. The 49-year-old librarian from a tiny town in Vermont took…
Cn: Video-sharing site AcFun urges users to change passwords after nearly 10 million users have data leaked
Global Times reports: Hackers attacked a popular Chinese video-sharing site, breaching millions of private data including encrypted passwords, according to an emergency notice from the site on Wednesday. AcFun, the site for the comics and games community, urged its users on Weibo to immediately change their passwords since “nearly 10 million users’ data have been…
HealthEquity reports email breach that compromised health information
ClickOnDetroit reports a press release from HealthEquity. From the notification/press release: HealthEquity has notified individuals potentially impacted by a security incident. A single employee’s email account was accessed by an unauthorized individual that may have culminated in disclosure of protected health information. The incident occurred on April 11, 2018 and was discovered on April 13,…
Slovakia is facing multiple attacks by hackers
The Slovak Spectator reports: The Slovak online space has been facing massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by hackers from all over the world in recent days, the National Network and Electronic Services Agency (NASES) reported on June 12. Besides other Slovak websites, the hackers have attacked the Slovak Hydro-meteorological Institute (SHMÚ) website –…