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Bitcoin Exchange Admin Charged for Lying About Hack

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: US authorities have arrested a Texas man who founded two Bitcoin-related platforms that got hacked. Officials charged the on accusations of lying to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) officials in the subsequent investigation. The accused is Jon “Ukyo” Montroll, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, and founder of WeExchange a Bitcoin wallet and exchange…

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New details emerge on Roomsurf hack

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

More details have emerged about a breach previously reported on this site on February 16. The breach involves RoomSurf, a commercial service to help college students find roommates. As I reported at the time, RoomSurf did not respond to inquiries this site had sent about a breach notice email its members received. And that’s where things…

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Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports: A hacker has broken into two consumer spyware companies—firms which sell malware to everyday people, sometimes with the explicit intent of illegally spying on spouses or lovers—and provided a large cache of data to Motherboard. The data includes gigabytes of customer records, apparent business information, and alleged intercepted messages of some people…

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UVA Health System Notifies 1,882 Patients About HIPAA Breach

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Dissent

WVIR reports: The University of Virginia Health System is notifying patients of a cyber attack that affected the hospital. The hacker was able to get access to private medical records for 19 months. The FBI discovered that a physician’s devices with the Health System were infected with malware, which allowed the hacker to see what…

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White and Bright Family Dental notifies patients after hackers accessed PHI

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Dissent

White and Bright Family Dental in Fresno is notifying patients of a recent hack.  In a letter dated February 16 to patients, they write: On January 30, 2018, a business computer server containing your protected health information was accessed by cyber criminals. We immediately notified the Fresno Police Department, so that identification and prosecution of…

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HardwareZone Forum hit by security breach; 685,000 user profiles affected

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Dissent

Channel NewsAsia reports: SINGAPORE: Approximately 685,000 user profiles were affected when the HardwareZone (HWZ) Forum website was hit by a security breach, the site’s owner SPH Magazines said in a news release on Tuesday (Feb 20). A suspicious post on Sunday prompted an investigation to ascertain whether a security breach had occurred, the news release said. The probe…

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