Glen A. Kopp and Laura Preback Hang of Bracewell LLP write: A Lincoln Financial Group subsidiary agreed to pay $650,000 to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that it failed to implement sufficient security policies to protect confidential customer information after its web-based customer account database was hacked in 2012. The 2012…
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GA: Vascular Surgical Associates Notifies Patients of Hack (updated)
Vascular Surgical Associates in Georgia has been notifying patients of a hack discovered in September. From their site: Vascular Surgical Associates Protected Health Information Breach Vascular Surgical Associates was recently the victim of a hacking incident that may have resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about you. On or about September 13, 2016, we…
@Kapustkiy and @CyberZeist hack a human rights foundation (UPDATED)
Yesterday, two hackers known on Twitter as @Kapustkiy and @CyberZeist claimed that they teamed up to hack the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation. The hack was announced on Twitter. Because CyberWarNews.info has already provided a helpful summary of the leak, which was posted on Pastebin, I’ll quote Lee’s summary: a list of tables from the breached…
Update: Hacker dumps stolen Casino Rama information online
CTV reports: A collection of personal and private information stolen during the Casino Rama cyberattack has been dumped online. A five gigabyte file containing more than 14,000 documents was uploaded to a torrent website on Monday. The information belongs to people who’ve won big at the casino and former employees. The files contain social insurance…
CPNRD computers system hacked by Russians
Lori Potter reports: The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s computer system was hacked by Russians about three weeks ago at a time when the big concern was a possible digital intrusion in the presidential election. At Thursday’s CPNRD board meeting in Grand Island, General Manager Lyndon Vogt said it’s not believed the hackers got into…
Two ‘computer hackers’ accused of breaking into TalkTalk’s servers in a data breach that cost the firm £42m will stand trial next year
Joseph Curtis reports: Two suspected computer hackers accused of targeting mobile network TalkTalk and stealing their customer banking details will stand trial in July next year. Matthew Hanley, 21, and Connor Allsopp, 19, are said to be involved in the massive data breach in October last year, said to have cost the company £42million in lost…