RTHK reports: More than a million customers of the Harbour Plaza Hotel group are being advised to be on their guard for possible scams after its booking database came under a cyber attack. Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung said on Friday that she’s probing the data leak involving 1.2 million customers, after receiving a report from…
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Canadian Hacker Bowser Sentenced To Three Years In Jail For Crimes Against Nintendo
On February 4, we learned that the government was seeking a 5-year sentence for Canadian hacker Gary Bowser, in addition to restitution, and three years supervised release following prison. Today, Bowser was sentenced to three years in prison. Kate Gray reports: Bowser’s group built and sold devices that were used to hack consoles, which can…
One year after it started, LendUs discloses that they had a breach
As you read the following press release, note that they do not tell us when they first discovered that there might have been a security breach or incident. Nor do they tell us how they first discovered it. And what’s with this “out of an abundance of caution” claim? If you can’t figure out what…
FL: Ransomware group claims to have stolen data on 260,000 patients from Jax Spine and Pain Centers; victim remains silent (UPDATED)
Update of February 24, 2022: Jacksonville Spine Center, P.A. (JAX Spine and Pain Centers) reported a hacking incident to HHS on February 10 — the same date that this site first reported on claims by Avos Locker to have acquired data on 260,000 patients. JAX never responded to this site’s inquiries, but seems to have…
Information for over 6,000 Memorial Hermann patients accessed in business associate’s security breach
Briahn Hawkins reports: The Memorial Hermann Health System is notifying patients of a cyberattack that could impact thousands. One of their contracted vendors, Advent Health Partners, announced a cybersecurity issue Tuesday. According to the health system, the protected health information (PHI) for 6,260 patients have been breached. Read more at KHOU. Advent Health Partners also reported the breach to…
Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Cryptocurrency Stolen from Bitifinex in 2016
Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Thus far, law enforcement has seized over $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack. “Today’s arrests, and the department’s largest…