CBC News reports: Alberta Health Services is notifying about 7,000 patients that their health information may have been compromised when a physician’s Gmail account was hacked. The doctor working at the Richmond Road Diagnostic Centre in Calgary improperly used a private account to transmit health information, AHS said in a release on Thursday. Read more…
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Breach at Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain Tied to Sale of 5M+ Stolen Credit, Debit Cards
Brian Krebs reports: On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked merchants announced a blockbuster new sale: More than 5.3 million new accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. states. Multiple sources now tell KrebsOnSecurity that the card data came from compromised…
Sonoma Valley Hospital Website, Email Addresses Hijacked
Jessica Davis reports on a potentially very serious cyberattack that is not the type of thing you’ll usually read on this site: Sonoma Valley Hospital was forced to give up its coveted three-letter domain name in early August after hackers hijacked its website, according to local news outlet Sonoma Index-Tribune. The website had been registered…
Are thedarkoverlord’s victims entitled to damages from Athens Orthopedic Clinic? Georgia Supreme Court to rule.
Bill Rankin reports: In the spring of 2016, a cyber thief calling himself the “Dark Overlord” hacked into the databases of a Clarke County medical clinic and emerged with the personal information of an estimated 200,000 patients. The Athens Orthopedic Clinic refused to pay the hacker’s ransom and advised current and former patients to set…
Cancer research organizations are now the focus of Chinese hacking groups
Charlie Osborne reports: Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are honing in on cancer research institutes in recent cyberattacks in order to steal their work, researchers say. Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and claimed the lives of 9.6 million individuals in 2018. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in…
Hackers target Macon County Circuit Clerk website
Kennedy Nolen reports: The Macon County Circuit Clerk’s website is working again after being disabled and replaced by a screen saying it had been hacked. The web page showed an image of an anonymous mask with the Iranian flag and read, “Hacked by Iranian Hackers. Hacked by Mamad Warning. We are always closer to you….