Ryan Wilkinson reports: A leading offshore law firm with clients including the super-rich and international corporations has revealed it suffered a “data security incident” that may result in customers’ private information being leaked. Bermuda-based Appleby, which has offices in a number of British overseas territories, said some of its data had been “compromised” in the…
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Third Defendant Charged in iCloud “Celebgate” Scandal That Leaked Private Photos of Hollywood Stars
Rafia Shaikh reports: A third person has agreed to plead guilty to hacking over 550 computers in the 2014 iCloud hack that exposed private photos of dozens of celebrities. Emilio Herrera from Chicago is expected to plead guilty to a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, facing a maximum sentence of five years in…
PH: Privacy watchdog ‘monitoring 24/7’ COL Financial’s data hack probe
Five days to issue a comprehensive report? Imagine if that happened here…. Daxim L. Lucas reports: The government’s privacy watchdog said on Sunday that it was closely monitoring the “possible personal data breach” on the country’s largest online stock brokerage firm, which has almost a quarter of a million clients trading shares its internet-based trading…
Cyber hackers target Spain’s top court as Catalonia’s leader is threatened with 30 years in prison if he declares independence
Hacktivism is alive and well in Spain. Joshua Taylor reports: Spain’s most senior court fell victim to a massive cyber attack as hackers launched an “Operation Free Catalonia” campaign. The country’s constitutional court said unknown hackers had accessed its computer systems on Friday. The Spanish National Security Department said the hack was part of a…
Austin Manual Therapy Associates patient data hacked – TheDarkOverlord
Austin Manual Therapy Associates (AMTA) has two locations in Austin, Texas. They also have a very professional-looking web site and pictures of smiling and professional-looking physical therapy staff. What they don’t have at this time, though, is any statement on their web site indicating that their patient data was hacked. And yet according to a spokesperson…
RiverMend Health notifies 1,300 after employee’s email account compromised
Rivermend Health is notifying 1,300 patients who had information in an employee’s email account that was compromised. Rivermend detected suspicious activity from the account on August 10. Subsequent investigation determined that the account had been accessed beginning on or about July 27, and the access continued until August 11. Rivermend found no evidence that patient…