Jonah Meadows reports: Someone hijacked the email account of a teacher in Niles Township High School District 219 last week and used it to send offensive emails to students and community members, according to a statement from the school board. Read more on Patch.
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Thousands of patients’ information potentially accessed after cyber breach at Louisiana State University Health
Chris Finch reports: LSU Health New Orleans Health Care Services Division said it became aware of a cyber intrusion into an employee’s electronic mailbox. Email messages or attachments contained limited information about patients who received care at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence; Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma; W. O. Moss Regional…
Hacker closing out prison sentence in Chicago halfway house
Herbert G. McCann reports: Computer hacker Jeremy Hammond, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for breaking into computer systems of security firms and law-enforcement agencies, will serve out the remainder of his term in a Chicago halfway house, a U.S. Bureau of Prison spokesman said Wednesday. Read more on AP News.
Accused Ringleader of FIN7 Hacking Group Pleads Guilty
Prajeet Nair reports: An accused ringleader of the notorious FIN7 hacking group, which prosecutors say stole 15 million payment cards over several years, has pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, according to court documents filed in the case this week. Andrii Kolpakov, who is a Ukrainian national, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
Crypto trading platform Liquid hacked
Finextra reports: Crypto trading platform Liquid is advising customers to change their passwords and 2FA credentials after being hacked in a domain name hosting attack. In a notice published on its Website, Liquid CEO Mike Kayamori, says a domain name hosting provider inadvertently transferred control of the account to a malicious actor who subsequently changed…
Mercy Iowa City notifies 92,795 after discovering employee’s email account compromised
It started as so many breaches do — with the compromise of an employee’s email account. From May 15 until June 24, a threat actor accessed the account and used it to send spam and phishing emails. The breach was discovered on June 24. Mercy Iowa City’s investigation, assisted by a forensics security firm. ultimately…