Denise Lavoie reports: A former Virginia high school teacher has agreed to plead guilty in a hacking scheme that allowed him to obtain nude photographs and other private information from more than 200 people, including celebrities. Christopher Brannan, 30, a former teacher at Lee-Davis High School, was charged in April with aggravated identity theft and…
Category: Hack
Information of 396K Users Exposed in Facepunch Data Breach
Sergiu Gatlan reports: As reported by Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned breach notification service, the Facepunch game studio was the victim of a data breach in June 2016 which led to sensitive information of 396,650 users being exposed. […] Furthermore, the Facepunch studio said they knew about the security breach and that all people…
Hackers accused of ties to Russia hit three East European companies: ESET researchers
Jack Stubbs reports: Hackers have infected three energy and transport companies in Ukraine and Poland with sophisticated new malware and may be planning destructive cyber attacks, a software security firm said on Wednesday. Read more on Reuters.
Anthem Pays OCR $16 Million in Record HIPAA Settlement Following Largest U.S. Health Data Breach in History
From HHS/OCR, this record-setting announcement: Anthem, Inc. has agreed to pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and take substantial corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules after a series of cyberattacks led…
Latvian National Sentenced To Prison For “Scareware” Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website
There’s an update to a case previously reported in February that I missed last month. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota: A Latvian man was sentenced today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of…
NY: Rep. Peter King campaign website hacked
Scott Eidler recently reported that Rep. Pete King’s campaign website was attacked by a group that calls itself “Tim’s Army” (also known as “Ayyildiz Tim Siber Army”). The group has taken over the Twitter accounts of national political journalists, including Fox News’ Brit Hume and NBC’s Peter Alexander, posting Turkish propaganda, according to news media…