Shawn Logan reports: An undisclosed number of clients of a Calgary-based medical cannabis referral agency have had their personal medical information compromised in an electronic data breach, the company says. Natural Health Services Ltd., which operates Canada’s largest referral network of medical cannabis patients, informed clients last week that their personal health records had been…
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Round 4: Hacker returns and puts 26Mil user records for sale on the Dark Web
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker who has previously put up for sale over 840 million user records in the past month, has returned with a fourth round of hacked data that he’s selling on a dark web marketplace. This time, the hacker has put up for sale the data of six companies, totaling 26.42 million…
How Israel’s Iran Hacking Scandal Could Ensure Netanyahu’s Reelection
Anshel Pfeffer reports: From the moment Channel 12 political analyst Amit Segal broke the story Thursday night that the Shin Bet security service had recently informed Kahol Lavan leader and election front-runner Benny Gantz that his personal smartphone had been hacked, it was clear this could be a moment that will define this election campaign….
Dutch hacker who DDoSed the BBC and Yahoo News gets no jail time
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Dutch hacker who launched DDoS attacks against high-profile sites like the BBC and Yahoo News, and also attempted to extort many other companies, received no jail time for his actions. Speaking in a court in the Hague, the Netherlands earlier this month, a 20-year-old man showed remorse in court, admitted to…
Alert: Bancor Hackers move 25433 Ethereum
Layla Harding reports: The whole crypto community was in shock when Bancor was hacked on 10th July last year with more than $23 million worth of Ethereum being stolen. Almost eight months after the incident, the hackers have allegedly made transactions from the wallet where the stolen Ethereum were kept. Read more on Coinnounce.
Student information: Mississippi reaches agreement with Questar over data breach
Bill Moak reports that Questar, a testing and assessment vendor, has settled charges by the Mississippi state attorney general in the wake of a 2018 breach that affected hundreds of students in Mississippi and other states. Moak reports: In its Assurance of Voluntary Cooperation, Questar agreed to a number of actions: Compliance with the Mississippi…