Polk County Health Services, Inc., in Iowa recently started notifying 1,071 patients seen at the Crisis Observation Center in Des Moines, Iowa between June 1, 2014 and January 11, 2018. According to a statement issued on April 13, Polk County Health Services, Inc. “accidentally and unknowingly disseminated” personal and protected health information for patients seen during that…
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INM Data Breach: Main players brace for what’s next in crisis
Eamon Quinn reports: Ireland’s largest publishing firm, the stock market-listed Independent News and Media, has been thrown into crisis amid serious allegations by the State’s corporate enforcer that include claims of governance misdeeds and email hacks. Read more on Irish Examiner.
U.S., British governments warn businesses worldwide of Russian campaign to hack routers
Ellen Nakashima reports: The U.S. and British governments on Monday accused Russia of conducting a massive campaign to compromise computer routers and firewalls around the world — from home offices to Internet providers — for espionage and possibly sabotage purposes. The unusual public warning from the White House, U.S. agencies and Britain’s National Cyber Security…
TaskRabbit Takes Down App and Website After Getting Hacked
Catalin Cimpanu reports: TaskRabbit, a web-based service that connects freelance handymen with clients in various local US markets, has emailed customers admitting it suffered a security breach. The company has taken down its app and website while law enforcement and a private cyber-security firm are investigating the incident. The hack appears to have taken place…
Hackers once stole a casino’s high-roller database through a thermometer in the lobby fish tank
Oscar Williams-Grut reports: Hackers are increasingly targeting “internet of things” devices to access corporate systems, using things like CCTV cameras or air-conditioning units, according to the CEO of a cybersecurity firm. …. Eagan gave one memorable anecdote about a case Darktrace worked on in which a casino was hacked via a thermometer in an aquarium…
Unit of Thai telco True says customers’ data leakage fixed
Reuters reports: Thailand’s iTruemart, a unit of mobile phone operator True Corp Plc, said on Saturday it has fixed a data leak that led to information on some of its customers, including their ID and passport data, becoming public. The files of customers buying “TrueMove H” mobile packages had been ‘hacked’, it said in a…