There’s an update to a case involving a student in the Hazleton Area School District, Pennsylvania who allegedly attempted to hack the district. WBRE reports that there has now been an arrest in the case, but from what I’m reading, the person arrested has not been charged with hacking, even though the headline says the hacker was…
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WA: Hacker tries to ransom housing authority data
A hacker gained access to Bremerton Housing Authority’s website this week and threatened to release client information unless the agency paid a $4,000 ransom. The housing authority won’t negotiate with the cyber terrorist, Executive Director Kurt Wiest said. According to Wiest, the only information compromised in the attack was a database of about 1,100 client…
OH: City says it wasn’t hacked by group
Kevin Grasha reports: City officials Wednesday rejected an alleged computer hacker group’s claim that they had obtained email passwords for more than 280 City of Cincinnati email accounts, including Mayor John Cranley’s. In a memo to Cranley and city council members, City Manager Harry Black said information technology officials are continuing to monitor and guard against hack attempts involving the…
“Fancy Bear” Release More Confidential Athlete Data; WADA Confirms
Swimming World reports: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed that another batch of confidential athlete information has been released by the cyber hackers known as “Fancy Bear.” The Agency originally announced a leak by the cyber hackers on September 13th, however this time the group released confidential data on 25 athletes from eight different countries. Ten athletes…
St. Francis Health System hacked: TheDarkOverlord? (UPDATE)
TheDarkOverlord, who had hacked and attempted to extort a number of medical clinics in May – June, has seemingly reappeared [see UPDATES below this post], and claims to have hacked St. Francis Health System in Oklahoma: Last week, we ransacked the web servers of Saint-Francis, a network of hospitals and clinics located in Tulsa, OK. We…
Computer Breach Could Have Exposed Trauma Victims to Further Anguish
Jim Dwyer provides additional details and commentary on a breach involving research participants’ data held by the New York State Psychiatric Institute. [The research participants] included, among others, schoolchildren directly exposed to the events of Sept. 11; Puerto Rican youth; severely emotional disturbed young people in Westchester County and their caretakers; people in the Bronx suffering…