Ed Sperling writes: In late July Kern Medical Center’s information system came to a grinding halt. The hospital believed it had the standard security systems in place to protect its medical records. But for 16 long days that stretched into August, the hospital struggled to get its systems operational and isolate the problem from its…
Category: Malware
Computer programmer convicted of unleashing virus, attacking media outlets
A computer programmer was convicted yesterday of launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack media outlets that republished stories that mentioned him, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced yesterday. The jury returned a guilty verdict against Bruce Raisley, 49, of Kansas City, Mo. – formerly…
Julie’s Place hack: an all-too-familiar story by now
This breach was first reported earlier this month, but I seem to have missed it: About 100 people found out over the last couple weeks that someone else had accessed their bank account, taking their money and leaving them stunned. […] After being flooded with reports of fraud, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office began to…
Large collection of stolen logins go public
Christopher Boyd blogs: Below is a rather bland FarmVille phish that was brought to my attention by a friend who had it posted to their Facebook account. The entire page is blank save for the fake login. […] Nothing spectacular, I’m sure you’ll agree. However, we did a little digging around on the same URL…
Disgruntled ex-employee hacks CEO’s PowerPoint presentation to display porn
As if we needed yet another reminder of why you need to ensure ex-employees can no longer access the network, the Baltimore Sun reports: It happened one day last year, as more than a dozen board members of a Baltimore substance abuse center had gathered around a conference room. The CEO was giving a PowerPoint…
Update: Funds stolen from University of Virginia recovered
Just saw this update to the breach involving the University of Virginia College at Wise: Jordan Fifer of The Highland Cavalier, the student newspaper for UVa, wrote on Sept. 4: College administrators would not comment on specific details of the incident. Kathy Still, the college’s director of news and media relations, said the money stolen…