A search warrant says hackers have attempted to change grades at a Virginia high school. The Washington Post cites the warrant filed in Fairfax County that says the attack began in November when emails were sent from a known Oakton High School Honor Council with a link it purported would take readers to news about…
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Curry Health Network notifies members of FastHealth breach
Last month, this site noted a FastHealth breach from 2017 that was first being disclosed. FastHealth had reported it to HHS as impacting 1,345 patients. Now Curry Health Network is notifying its members, and it’s not totally clear if these members were included in the number that had been previously reported to HHS. DataBreaches.net emailed FastHealth…
Data breach hits Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor stores
Matt O’Brien reports: A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores. The chains’ parent company, Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Co., announced the breach of its store payment systems on Sunday. The company said it was…
Yevgeniy Nikulin made his initial appearance in federal court after extradition
SAN FRANCISCO – Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin made his initial appearance in federal court today following his extradition from the Czech Republic, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. He appeared before Jaqueline Scott Corley, United States Magistrate Judge in San Francisco. Nikulin,…
Thousands of Bestiality Users Exposed in Hack
Joseph Cox reports: Thousands of user account details—many related to a bestiality website—are circulating on public image boards, according to data obtained by Motherboard. Details include email addresses, alleged IP addresses, and other apparent personal information linked to an often illegal sexual practice. The news shows how websites that deal with the most controversial subjects…
U.S. formally sanctions hacker who leaked Game of Thrones information last year.
I had reported on the indictment last week, but the focus of this piece by Harris puzzled me: The hacker’s name is Behzad Mesri. He was indicted in November of 2017 after he tried to extort $6 million in bitcoin from HBO, operating under the name “little.finger66,” because of course that’s the name he chose. Now, the Justice…