Over the weekend on PogoWasRight.org, I linked to an editorial from The Korea Herald about the sale of medical information of 43 million people (nearly 90% of the Korean population). The editorial began: A company specializing in developing medical fees settlement programs used by hospitals and the Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center — which distributed free pharmacy…
Category: Business Sector
Hacker Says He Crashed New York Mag Website Because He Hates NYC, Not Cosby’s Alleged Rape Victims
Emma Whitford reports: Last night at 9:00 p.m., New York magazine’s website published a cover story that had thousands of shares within an hour—a project 6 months in the making, it compiles the stories and portraits of 35 of the 46 women who have publicly alleged that Bill Cosby raped or sexually assaulted them. Early this morning, the entire…
Accountant faced with data loss sues computer firm
Carol Ostrow reports: A major national insurance firm, as subrogee of an accounting company, is suing an I.T. specialist regarding a 2013 professional matter that allegedly impacted the insured’s Belleville business. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. filed a lawsuit June 18 in St. Clair County Circuit Court on behalf of J.W. Boyle Co. Ltd….
TV5Monde in chaos as data breach costs roll into the millions
Just because a hack is no longer in the news, it doesn’t mean it still isn’t having a major impact on its target. The TV5Monde hack was apparently much more damaging than some of us had imagined at the time. Doug Drinkwater reports: TV5Monde was very visibly hacked back in April when the French news channel, which…
Steam Hit by Major Security Breach, Many Accounts Hacked
Steam (Valve), who has had a number of data breaches over the years – including one that impacted 35 million users – seems to have had another breach. Arash Fekri reports: Reports are still blurry and information keeps coming out – Valve themselves are yet to make an official statement on the issue – but according to…
I was offered $2.7m for stolen data: Ex-PetroSaudi employee Xavier Andre Justo on the 1MDB saga
Nirmal Ghosh reports: Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo – who is now in jail in Thailand in connection with trying to blackmail his former employer, PetroSaudi, which is entangled in a huge scandal involving the Malaysian government – has claimed that he was promised US$2 million (S$2.7 million) in exchange for data he stole from…