Lawrence Abrams reports: PeopleConnect, the owners of the TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate background check services, confirmed they suffered a data breach after hackers leaked a 2019 backup database containing the info of millions of customers. TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate are subscription-based services allowing customers to perform background checks on other people. When conducting background checks,…
Category: Hack
Julius ‘zeekill’ Kivimäki, former Lizard Squad hacker, arrested in France
Recidivism is a thing. Alexander Martin reports: Julius Kivimäki, the Finnish member of Lizard Squad — who as a teenager in 2015 was convicted on over 50,000 counts of computer crimes — has been arrested again in France. Finnish police confirmed the arrest on Friday in a press release stating the suspect is being held by…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
EC: Seguros Equinoccial S.A data keaked by Vice Society On January 28, data allegedly from Seguros Equinoccial S.A. was added to Vice Society’s leak site. Seguros Equinoccial offers various kinds of life, auto, corporate, and other insurance plans to individuals, families, and businesses. Inspection of the leaked data revealed a folder called “bck” with 25…
HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Investigation with Banner Health Following 2016 Hacking Incident
The following is a press release from HHS. It is an update to a 2016 hacking incident previously covered on this site. The incident also resulted in a class action lawsuit that was settled for $6 million in 2019. February 02, 2023 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights…
North Korean hackers stole research data in two-month-long breach
Bill Toulas reports: A new cyber espionage campaign dubbed ‘No Pineapple!’ has been attributed to the North Korean Lazarus hacking group, allowing the threat actors to stealthily steal 100GB of data from the victim without causing any destruction. The campaign lasted between August and November 2022, targeting organizations in medical research, healthcare, chemical engineering, energy,…
Skyview Networks Suffers Security Incident
Matthew Keys reports: An unauthorized person or group gained access to internal systems used by Skyview Networks this week, disrupting the delivery of the CBS World News Roundup and other programming to radio affiliates on Monday. The issue was confirmed in an email sent to Radio Ink by Steve Jones, the president and CEO of Skyview, who said…