DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C., Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dorchester County Government (“Dorchester“) announced today a phishing incident involving email accounts within its email environment. The phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to certain information collected and maintained by the County for a variety of reasons, including names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s…
Category: Phishing
Crooks use name of Europol boss for phishing mail
Alan Hope reports: The Computer Crime Unit of the federal police is investigating a case of identity theft involving Catherine De Bolle, the executive director of the EU’s law enforcement agency Europol. Despite De Bolle having taken the new job in 2018, the case appears to be centred on Belgium. Police have received hundreds of…
UT: Phishing attack exposes medical information for 12,000 patients at Revere Health
Sean Hemmersmeier reports: A healthcare employee was the subject of a phishing email attack that exposed some medical records for approximately 12,000 patients, including patients of cardiology practice in St. George, according to a press release sent out by healthcare company Revere Health on Friday. The employee’s email was breached for roughly 45 minutes on…
Fraud Family phishing-as-a-service disrupted in the Netherlands
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Police officers arrested a 24-year-old man from the city of Arnhem and a 15-year-old boy from the town of Loenen aan de Vecht. Investigators said the former developed the phishing kits, while the latter had been responsible for selling access to the tools developed by his partner. Police also searched the house…
ClearBalance notifying more than 209,000 patients who have medical expense loans
Many readers may never have heard of CSI Financial Services, LLC but as ClearBalance, the California firm services loans made by hospitals and providers to patients who need to finance medical expenses. A recent filing with the Maine Attorney General’s Office reveals that beginning on March 8, there was unauthorized access to some employee email…
Moroccan hacker Dr HeX arrested for phishing attacks, malware distribution
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Moroccan authorities arrested a suspect known in underground hacking circles as “Dr HeX” on accusations of orchestrating a 12-year-old cybercrime spree that included website defacements, phishing attacks, and malware distribution, Interpol announced today. The arrest took place in May this year and was announced today as part of Interpol’s Operation Lyrebird. In a blog…