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
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…
Greek, Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks amid worsened relations
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…
Alabama investigates grade changes at local high school
Cody Long reports: The Alabama Board of Education and Escambia County Board of Education are investigating after school administrators found discrepancies in students’ grade reports in East Brewton. Escambia County Superintendent John Knott confirms there were changes to students’ grades at W.S. Neal High School. The discrepancies were discovered when the school was finalizing the…
Banco Inter shares drop on reported data leak, fintech fears
Reuters reports: Shares in Brazilian digital lender Banco Inter SA fell as much as 11 percent on Friday amid reports of a data leak and after the central bank suspended operations of rival Neon that triggered concerns about financial technology startups. Banco Inter units, composed of common and preferred shares, traded 7 percent lower in…
WI: Class action lawsuit filed against UnityPoint over data breach disclosed in April
Ed Treleven reports: UnityPoint Health, which operates Meriter Hospital in Madison, delayed reporting a data breach and falsely told patients that information stolen during the breach did not include their Social Security numbers, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison, concerns a reported data breach…