Maybe they gave up on the healthcare sector in their extortion attempts, but since the summer, it appears TheDarkOverlord has turned his/its attention to other sectors. There was the WestPark Capital hack and Gorilla Glue attack, and now, in the past month, three more companies – one of which has some defense contracts. Pre-Con Products…
Category: Hack
Southcentral Foundation notifies patients after employee email accounts hacked
Southcentral Foundation (SCF) in Alaska recently notified 14,719 individuals after two employees’ email accounts containing protected health information were hacked in October. According to their statement, SCF first became aware of a possible breach on October 18. Subsequent investigation by outside consultants determined that two employee email accounts had been accessed: one was vulnerable from Oct. 17-18, and the…
OSCE targeted by cyber attackers
DW reports: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) confirmed on Wednesday that it has been the target of a “major security information incident.” The international security and human rights watchdog became aware of the security breach in November. According to an OSCE spokesperson, the systems are now safe. “We were given entirely new security…
InterContinental investigating possible payment card breach
Brian Krebs reports: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the parent company for more than 5,000 hotels worldwide including Holiday Inn, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some U.S. locations. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity began hearing from sources who work in fraud prevention at different financial institutions. Those sources said they were seeing…
NH Department of Health & Human Services hacked; 15,000 affected (UPDATED)
Todd Bookman reports: The state’s Department of Health and Human Services says personal information for as many as 15,000 clients has been breached. Names, addresses, social security numbers and Medicaid ID numbers were stolen, with some information posted on social media sites. The agency says a patient at the state-run psychiatric hospital in Concord accessed…
Oilpro.Com Founder Pleads Guilty to Hacking Competitor
There’s an update to a case noted on this site earlier this year. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of NY on December 19: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…