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UK: Data stolen in Sheffield Credit Union cyber attack

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Dissent

BBC reports: The personal data of about 15,000 members of a credit union has been stolen in a cyber attack. Sheffield Credit Union (SCU) said information including names, addresses, national insurance numbers and bank details had been accessed. The attack happened in February but only came to light recently after hackers threatened to publish the…

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The Oregon Clinic notifies patients after employee email account hacked

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Dissent

From their press release: The Oregon Clinic announced today that a data security incident may have affected protected health information (PHI) within an email account.  On March 9, 2018, The Oregon Clinic learned that an unauthorized third party accessed an email account.  The Oregon Clinic immediately disabled the unauthorized access to the account and began…

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Equifax breach: worse than they thought

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Dissent

Matt Weinberger reports: Equifax, the credit agency targeted by an infamous hack that exposed the personal data of nearly half of the population of the United States, revealed more details about the incident in a federal filing on Monday evening. The upshot: The breach was worse than Equifax originally said. The company originally said 143…

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Update: Four years later, is MCCCD still trying to cover up alleged security failures?

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Dissent

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that although a breach may be in the headlines for the proverbial 15 minutes, the impact of some breaches and resulting litigation may go on for years. Back in 2011 and and 2013, DataBreaches.net reported on breaches involving the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD).  The earlier breach appeared to…

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Russians posed as IS hackers, threatened US military wives

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Dissent

CNBC reports: Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family. “Dear Angela!” the Facebook message read. “Bloody Valentine’s Day!” “We know everything about you, your husband and your children,” the message…

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Greek, Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks amid worsened relations

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Dissent

DW reports: The Greek Foreign Ministry’s reaction on Thursday appeared almost routine: “Cyberattacks are being neutralized immediately by the responsible authorities. At no time has the Ministry’s website been disabled,” the terse message said. What had happened? The day before, the Turkish hacker group Akincilar (“Invaders”) had targeted the foreign ministry’s website, as well as publishing…

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