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A former hacker reveals what he’s learned about cybersecurity

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Dissent

Jennifer Schlesinger reports: Russian hackers are notorious for their hacking skills, but one American says he hacked a Russian cyber gang at just 15 years old. Eric Taylor, who went by the nickname Cosmo the God, also posted personal information of celebrities and government officials, including Michelle Obama, former CIA director John Brennan, Kim Kardashian…

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Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers notifies patients of security breach

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Dissent

Hmm.  The County Line posted the following notice with this preface: Editor’s note: Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers prepared the following press release on its security breach in late February. Except I don’t see the notice on their site at all.  Or on HHS’s breach tool.  Did this not appear on HHS’s breach tool because…

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Data breach affects Billings Clinic patients who used pharmacy at downtown location

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Dissent

Susan Olp reports: A data security breach involving Billings Clinic‘s email system affected 949 patients who used the Atrium Pharmacy, the hospital disclosed Friday. All of the patients who were part of the breach had access to or used the pharmacy at the hospital’s main campus, 2800 10th Ave. N., hospital spokesman Luke Kobold said…

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Man who hacked Washtenaw County computers gets 7 years in prison

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Detroit Free Press reports the follow-up to a story originally reported in December: A man who hijacked Washtenaw County’s computer system and even altered jail records has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Konrads Voits has “extraordinary talents,” but he used them to “spend countless hours” trying to hack into local…

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Hackers stole his campaign cash, Sacramento lawmaker says

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Taryn Luna reports on a hack and phish that may leave you wondering whether this was a politically motivated attack or just a garden variety attack. Luna reports the the victim is Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, whose re-election campaign account was robbed in a multi-step scheme that began with a hack of his email account…

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Center for Orthopaedic Specialists notifies 85,000 patients of ransomware attack

Posted on April 25, 2018October 5, 2024 by Dissent

The Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) in California has three locations in West Hills, Simi Valley and Westlake Village. COS has been notifying 85,000 current and former patients of a ransomware attack on their unnamed IT vendor in February. From their April 18 notice on their web site: The Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) recently learned…

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