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BUSTED? A blackhat’s revenge exposes a 2-year old patient data hack that Holland Eye Surgery & Laser Center failed to disclose

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

A blackhat hacker known as “Lifelock” had claimed Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center knew about his hack two years ago but failed to disclose it to patients or HHS.  A follow-up investigation by DataBreaches.net uncovered evidence supporting his claim. The evidence has been turned over to federal regulators.  On June 2, DataBreaches.net reported that…

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How they did it (and will likely try again): GRU hackers vs. US elections

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher does a deeper dive into the indictment of 12 GRU agents for meddling with the U.S. 2016 election. Here’s just a small snippet: After digging into this latest indictment, the evidence suggests Trump may not have made a very good call on this matter [publicly expressing doubt that Russia was involved]. But his…

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Florida high school caught hacking into opponents’ Hudl videos

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Jim Halley reports: Coaches for the football team at Braden River (Bradenton, Fla.), which finished 9-2 last season and advanced to the second round of state 7A playoffs, were caught using a college Hudl account to access opponents’ game and practice videos. As first reported by The Sarasota Herald, a Hudl investigation determined that the…

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Idaho Inmates Hacked Prison Service for $225,000 in Credit

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Dissent

Jacey Fortin reports: Hundreds of prison inmates in Idaho found a way to add hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of credit to their personal accounts, officials discovered this month. The prisoners were not inflating their bank accounts, but rather their JPay accounts. JPay is a service that inmates can use to communicate with the…

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Southern College of Optometry notifies students whose loan information was hacked

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Dissent

The Southern College of Optometry (SCO) has notified an undisclosed number of students whose student loan information and Social Security numbers were in an employee email account that was hacked. In its notification letter of July 16, SCO President Lewis N. Reich, OD, PhD writes: As stated in our email of June 15, 2018, we discovered…

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Long Beach Port terminal hit by ransomware attack

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Dissent

Mark Edward Nero reports: The China Ocean Shipping Co. Terminal at the Port of Long Beach was hit by a cyberattack on Tuesday, July 24. A spokesman for the Shanghai-based company, which acknowledged the ransomware attack Tuesday, said that the company’s operations outside the United States were not affected. As of Tuesday afternoon, COSCO’s website…

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