A grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted seven Iranian individuals who were employed by two Iran-based computer companies, ITSecTeam (ITSEC) and Mersad Company (MERSAD), that performed work on behalf of the Iranian Government, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on computer hacking charges related to their involvement in an extensive campaign…
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AU: Hack attempt forces WA public transport systems offline
Allie Coyne reports: Western Australia’s public transport department has taken its websites and internal systems offline after detecting an attempted hack this morning. The Public Transport Authority, which runs the state’s trains, buses and ferries, shut down the websites for Transperth, RightTrack, School Bus Services, Get on Board and its own PTA website just before…
IRS suspends new security feature for lack of security
From the we-should-have-expected-this dept., Adam Winer reports: An IRS program that was supposed to help protect vulnerable taxpayers has been partially suspended, because it turns out the program wasn’t all that secure. An “IP pin code” program is supposed to add another layer of security to those filing tax return forms, but in March, the…
Islamic Jihad cyber terrorist indicted for hacking IDF drones over Gaza
Yonah Jeremy Bob reports: Islamic Jihad master hacker Maagad Ben Juwad Oydeh was indicted in the Beersheba District Court on Wednesday for hacking the IDF’s drones hovering over Gaza, enabling Hamas commanders to view the drone videofeed. An indictment filed by the Southern District Attorney’s Office also charged Oydeh with hacking into the IDF, the…
Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems to Steal Sensitive Military Information
A Chinese national pleaded guilty today to participating in a years-long conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors, steal sensitive military and export-controlled data and send the stolen data to China. Su Bin, also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin, 50, a citizen and resident of the People’s Republic…
Missing mental health assessments result in HIPAA notifications by VA to 373 veterans
I was skimming the Veterans Administration report to Congress on data breaches and incidents for February and thinking, “Hey, this looks pretty good this month,” and then…. I saw an incident involving the VA Midwest Health Care Network in St. Cloud, Minnesota. On February 9, a staff member conducted group meetings to complete a paper packet with…