Ken Sturtz reports: Oswego Health has notified an unspecified number of patients about a potential leak of personal information via an employee email account earlier this year. In a letter sent to affected patients, Oswego Health said it had discovered “potential unauthorized access to an employee email account” between June 11 and June 15. The…
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KY: Breach of city contractor e-mail put some city workers info at risk
Steve Rogers reports: Some current and former Lexington city employees’ personal information was put at risk when a third-party contractor’s e-mail server was hacked in July. The city was notified on Sept. 28 of the security incident by Metaformers Inc., the third-party contractor working on city technology projects, the city said in a release. Read…
Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites
Graham Cluley writes that Singapore residents have discovered the ugly truth that video from their in-home security cams has been hacked and embarrassing footage put up for sale: as local media reports, clips stolen from more than 50,000 hacked cameras have been uploaded to pornographic websites, and X-rated footage sold to people prepared to pay a…
MI: Walled Lake school district says it’s been hacked
ClickOnDetroit reports: In an email sent to parents late Sunday, Walled Lake Consolidated School District says a system outage has been linked to a cyberattack. The hack will not impact virtual learning. Superintendent Kenneth Gutman said virtual learning will proceed as normal when classes resume Monday morning. Read more on ClickOnDetroit to read the district’s…
This stealthy hacker-for-hire group is using phishing, malicious apps and zero-day attacks against its victims
Danny Palmer reports: An extensive cyber-espionage operation by a hacker-for-hire group that uses phishing, social engineering, malicious apps, custom malware and zero-day attacks has been secretly targeting governments, private industry and individuals for years in what’s described as a diverse, patient and elusive hacking enterprise. Dubbed Bahamut, the mercenary hacking group has been carrying out extensive operations against…
Cyberattack on Georgia agency exposed private information of parents, children
WSBTV reports: Hackers breached state email accounts in the Georgia Department of Human Services exposing personal information of adults and children who have cases with Child Protective Services and the Division of Family and Children Services. The breach happened in the first two weeks of May, but state officials say it was August before state…