Nicole Perlroth and Mike Isaac report: “Hello Joe,” read the November 2016 email from someone identifying himself as “John Doughs.” “I have found a major vulnerability in Uber.” The email appeared to be no different from other messages that Joe Sullivan, Uber’s chief security officer, and his team routinely received through the company’s “bug bounty”…
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Hospital hit by ransomware: Attackers demand Bitcoin to release control of system
The Greenfield Reporter notes: Hancock Health fell victim to a cyber attack Thursday, with a hacker demanding Bitcoin to relinquish control of part of the hospital’s computer system. Employees knew something was wrong Thursday night, when the network began running more slowly than normal, senior vice president/chief strategy and innovation officer Rob Matt said. A…
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences notifying 280,000 Medicaid patients after hack
Oof. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences is notifying 279,865 Medicaid patients of a hacking incident. Here is the notice from OSU’s web site: Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSUCHS) takes the privacy and security of our patients’ information very seriously. Regrettably, this notice is regarding an incident in which some Medicaid patient information…
Columbia Falls School District Number 6 notifies employees whose data may have been compromised by TheDarkOverlord
Interesting. The Columbia Falls School District Number 6 in Montana, who had been attacked by TheDarkOverlord, sent out notification letters and notified the Montana Attorney General’s office on January 5. In their submission to Montana, they note that the breach began September 1, and ended on November 13. In actuality, the November 13 date was…
Early Release Denied For Leader Of Russian Hackers Group Humpty Dumpty
RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty reports: A court in Moscow has refused to grant early release to the leader of a group believed to be behind the hacking of high-profile Internet accounts, including the Twitter account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Lefortovo District Court on January 12 rejected a motion for the release on parole for Vladimir…
UK: ICO slams Carphone Warehouse with £400,000 penalty; inadequate security contributed to 2015 hack
If you’ve been following along since 2015, you may recall a breach involving Carphone Warehouse that was first disclosed in August, 2015. At the time, we were told that the hack affected 2.4 million customers’ data and about 90,000 customers’ credit cards. Fast forward to today, when the U.K.’s Information Commissioner announced that it has…