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UK: Hackers, 21 and 23, admit breaking into TalkTalk’s website in a huge data breach that cost the telecoms firm £77m in lost business

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dissent

Darren Boyle reports: Two computer geeks hacked the website of telecoms giant TalkTalk in a massive data breach costing the company £77m in lost business, a court heard. Connor Allsopp, 21, and Matthew Hanley, 23, were behind the plot to steal thousands of customers’ personal and banking details in October 2015. TalkTalk was fined a…

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Family Tree Relief Nursery notifies families of ransomware attack

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dissent

Some 2,000 clients of Albany-based nonprofit Family Tree Relief Nursery were notified by mail Thursday that unauthorized persons had accessed the organization’s computer programs between June and August. Executive Director Renee Smith said the organization’s computer was hacked by ransomware in late August. The incident briefly prevented staff from accessing client information. […] Smith recommended…

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NY: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital/ Episcopal Health Services notifies patients after employee email accounts were hacked

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dissent

From Episcopal Health Services: Episcopal Health Services recently discovered an incident that may affect the security of personal information of certain current and former patients. We take this incident very seriously and the confidentiality, privacy, and security of our information is one of our highest priorities. What Happened? On September 18, 2018 Episcopal Health Services…

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HealthEquity, Inc. notifying 190,000 after two employee email accounts were hacked

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dissent

Reading a notification that employee email accounts were hacked and customer or patient information may have been accessed is nothing particularly unusual these days. What is a bit surprising, however, is when a breached entity offers those affected five years worth of credit monitoring, remediation, and other services. And that’s exactly what HealthEquity, Inc. is doing….

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NJ: Here, let me help you withdraw from all those pesky courses.

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dissent

Andrew Kinney reports on a hack at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Registration at Stevens is like high school sports. It involves waking up at seven in the morning to repeat mindless drills (furiously clicking through Web Self Services). It works with a class hierarchy — juniors trump sophomores who trump freshmen, with seniors…

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Children’s charity Kars4Kids leaks info on 21,000 donors

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Dissent

Bob Diachenko of HackenProof.com reports: Kars4Kids is a charity that asks people to donate their cars, motorcycles, RVs, and real estate. They are most known for their nationwide advertising using their hypnotic theme song where a child and a Johny Cash impersonator sing the phone number and invites people to donate their cars today. On…

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