The University of Vermont Medical Center takes seriously the privacy and confidentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an incident involving some of that information. On May 24, 2017, we learned an unauthorized third party gained access to an employee’s email account on May 22, 2017. We immediately shut down the employee’s…
Category: Phishing
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Cyber Crime That Cost Sedgwick County $566,000+
A Georgia man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges he was part of an e-mail spoofing scheme that cost Sedgwick County more than $566,000, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. George S. James, 49, Brookhaven, Ga., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. In his plea, James admitted that on Oct. 7, 2016, Sedgwick County…
Agra police cracks international phishing case in record two days, recovers Rs 28 lakh
Ankit Misra posts: In a major international anti-cybercrime crackdown, the Agra police has recovered Rs 28 lakh from England-based hackers, an amount they looted by phishing a footwear exporter from the city. Working in collaboration with the British police, the Agra police achieved this breakthrough in a record two days’ time. Talking to India Today,…
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Bitcoin From Other Dark Web Criminals
From the no-honor-among-thieves dept., Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Connecticut man pleaded guilty last week to stealing Bitcoin from users of Dark Web marketplaces, said the Department of Justice on Tuesday. The FBI arrested the man — Michael Richo, 35, of Wallingford, Connecticut — on November 6, 2014, but only arraigned him in court last year…
Patient records in emails may have been accessed in phishing incident at Torrance Memorial Medical Center
City News Service reports: Torrance Memorial Medical Center began notifying some patients Monday that email accounts containing “work-related reports” and personal data were breached at the hospital.The so-called phishing attack occurred on April 18 and 19, according to medical center spokesman Ed Finn, who said facility personnel, working with third-party forensic investigators, launched an investigation…
What’s worse than getting phished? Getting phished *and* sending a selfie of your Photo ID and credit card
David Bisson writes: Phishers are targeting PayPal users not only for their login credentials but also for selfies of them holding their ID cards. This scam campaign starts off like so many others. A user gets an attack email falsely warning them that PayPal has suspended their account “for security precaution.” “Hi there, “Our technical…