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…
Category: Hack
New details emerge on Roomsurf hack
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…
Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers
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…
UVA Health System Notifies 1,882 Patients About HIPAA Breach
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…
White and Bright Family Dental notifies patients after hackers accessed PHI
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…
HardwareZone Forum hit by security breach; 685,000 user profiles affected
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…