Dan Goodin reports: As many as 2,000 users of NordVPN, the virtual private network service that recently disclosed a server hack that leaked crypto keys, have fallen victim to credential-stuffing attacks that allow unauthorized access to their accounts. In recent weeks, credentials for NordVPN users have circulated on Pastebin and other online forums. They contain the…
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More victims of yet another Click2Gov breach this week
Yet another report of a data breach involving Click2Gov software by Central Square Technology. Previous coverage of the publicly disclosed breaches from 2017, 2018, and 2019 are linked from here. Also see research reports by FireEye, Gemini Advisory, and RBS for additional background. The latest victim to come forward — at least the most recent…
Update: One or more Paterson students were allegedly responsible for district data breach
Jayed Rahman provides an update to a breach previously covered on DataBreaches.net: One or more students were allegedly responsible for the massive data breach that struck the district late last year, according to sources briefed on a preliminary investigation conducted by a firm contracted by the district. Superintendent Eileen Shafer’s administration won’t make the findings…
AU: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group
Eliza McPhee reports: Cyber criminals hacked a medical practice and stole patients’ confidential information in a terrifying security breach. Perth Anaesthetic Group in the city’s south was hacked on Thursday morning and criminals gained access into the hospital’s database. The cyber hackers sent out fake invoices to several patients demanding they submit payments for treatments. Read…
20,000 Utah Valley Eye Center patients may have had information hacked after HIPAA breach
Braley Dodson reports: Demographic information for more than 20,000 patients could have been accessed after Utah Valley Eye Center was hacked last year, according to the center. The Provo business’s portal was hacked on June 18, 2018, and an email was sent to 5,764 patients disguised as a notification from PayPal telling the patients they…
Rep. Katie Hill’s husband claimed his computer was ‘hacked’ before her private photos appeared online, report says
Yelena Dzhanova and Dan Mangan report: Rep. Katie Hill, who is resigning her seat in Congress following disclosure of actual and alleged romantic relationships with subordinates, is set to give a final House floor speech Thursday — as two reports raise new questions about the possible role the California Democrat’s estranged husband played in her…