We haven’t seen many data security enforcement actions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Safeguards Rule, but a recent case is a good opportunity to remind entities that they may be covered by it even if they didn’t know it. Edward McAndrew, Kim Phan, and Zaven Sargsian of Ballard Spahr write: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Category: Hack
Hackers claim to have personal info of millions of Instagram accounts, including celebs
Sarah Buhr reports: A group of hackers used a bug earlier this week to scrape the phone numbers and email addresses of six million Instagram accounts and are now selling that information on the web. The hackers mainly targeted celebrities and verified users, including Selena Gomez, who’s account was hacked two days ago. The hackers…
EXCLUSIVE: Hand Rehabilitation Specialists notifies patients of possible hack by TheDarkOverlord
Back around the Fourth of July holiday, I was busy attempting to confirm some claimed hacks by TheDarkOverlord (TDO). And no, I’m not referring to any entities I’ve previously named on this site, but yet other healthcare entities I’ve never named. In encrypted chats, TDO had provided me with samples of patient data from approximately…
Yahoo must face litigation by data breach victims: U.S. judge
Jonathan Stempel reports: A U.S. judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches. Wednesday night’s decision from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, was a setback for efforts by Verizon Communications Inc,…
Largest healthcare provider in western New York successfully phished in two consecutive months
Having to notify almost 2,800 patients because an employee fell for a phishing attack is not something most healthcare providers would exactly relish. Having to notify 2,800 patients in July and then another 744 patients in August because there were phishing incidents in two consecutive months, well,….. ouch. But that’s the situation Kaleida Health in…
At risk of hack, 465,000 pacemakers are recalled for software update
Shortly after 9/11, my mother collapsed on the street in NYC. Thanks to super prompt response by police and EMS, she survived and had a pacemaker installed. And from that moment until her death 11 years later, I never stopped worrying that someone would try to hack her pacemaker. Today, Ian Sherr reports: Sometimes life…