Maydeen Merino reports: The Federal Trade Commission this week defended its investigation of MGM Resort International’s data security practices as the Las Vegas-based casino is seeking a court order to block the agency’s probe. Following a cyberattack that disclosed the personal information MGM guests in September, the FTC issued a civil investigative demand (CID) in…
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Ph: Arrested Data Security Officer Admits To Hacking 93 Websites
Mark Ernest Villeza reports: A data security officer of the Manila Bulletin has admitted to hacking approximately 93 websites, including government and private company websites, as well as servers based abroad. In an interview with ABS-CBN aired on June 24, the hacker with the alias “Kangkong” revealed that he left a specific picture on the compromised websites as…
Association of Texas Professional Educators notifying 414,515 members of data breach (1)
The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) is notifying more than 414,000 members of a data breach. In a letter to those affected, ATPE explains that they first detected abnormal activity in their network on February 12, 2024. By the conclusion of the forensic investigation on March 20, 2024, investigators had found evidence that some…
Ph: Maxicare reports data breach to NPC
ABS-CBN reports: Health maintenance organization (HMO) Maxicare has reported a data breach to the National Privacy Commission (NPC). The NPC said they received a data breach notification on June 16 at 12:49 p.m. In a statement, the Department of Information and Communications Technology – National Computer Emergency Response Team (DICT-NCERT) said they the leak started…
Federal criminal investigation involving Perry Johnson & Associates data breach
The Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A) data breach was the biggest reported breach involving protected health information in 2023, with more than 13 million patients affected1. Now WBEZ in Chicago reports that there is a federal criminal investigation related to the breach at the medical transcription service. Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into…
70,000 Adventist Health Tulare patients being notified of HIPAA breach by payment collections associate
Adventist Health Tulare has issued a press release about a breach at a business associate in Nebraska. The June 7 press release states, “A data security incident was recently discovered by Signature Performance, an agency working on behalf of Adventist Health Tulare to collect payment for services.” Their investigation determined that an unknown party accessed…