Vladimir Drinkman, the Russian hacker indicted and extradited as part of what was the largest hacking case of its time, was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison by a federal judge in New Jersey. Drinkman had pleaded guilty in 2015 to conspiring to hack firms including Heartland Payment Systems Inc., 7-Eleven, and Hannaford Bros., and Jet Blue. Dmitriy Smilianets,…
Category: Hack
Hacker extracts customer data from Canadian Telecom Firm after rebuttal
Waqas writes: A hacker using the alias NullHumanity claims that they have managed to identify a flaw in the customer login system of Freedom Mobile, a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider and claims to obtain private details of customers including their phone number, address, call history and other information effortlessly. The findings were reported by MobileSyrup. The…
Idaho Transportation Department email hack may have exposed truckers’ private information
EIN reports: A hack of two email accounts at the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) potentially exposed the personal information of commercial truckers whose rigs are registered in Idaho, including Social Security and credit card numbers. State Information Security Director Jeff Weak said ITD’s Division of Motor Vehicles has identified and notified about 140 individuals and…
Entergy notifies employees of W-2 breach involving TALX portal
So this is not a W-2 phishing situation, but TALX – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equifax – is working with Entergy to notify former and current Entergy employees whose 2016 W-2 data may have been acquired by criminals from the TALX portal. In a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, counsel for TALX…
NC: Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates notifies patients after ransomware attack
On February 1, Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates in North Carolina notified HHS of a hacking incident that impacted 925 patients. Unlike many other ransomware reports where there is no clear evidence of PHI acquisition or compromise, in this incident, there was evidence of actual compromise, although no evidence of exfiltration. Here is the entity’s…
Ex-student suspect in Mississippi State University records tampering case
Therese Apel reports: According to Mississippi State University officials, one former student is the target of a search warrant in an investigation into university record tampering. MSU Chief Communications Officer Sid Salter told Logan Kirkland of the Starkville Daily News that the student graduated in December. The identity of the suspect and the nature of…