David Silverman writes: [Eric’s intro: this blog post helps distill Judge Koh’s two rulings, In re Anthem Inc. Data Breach Litig., No. 15-MD-02617 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2016) (“Anthem I”) and In re Anthem Inc. Data Breach Litig., No. 15-MD-02617 (N.D. Cal. May 27, 2016) (“Anthem II”). These are complicated opinions, and I hope this post helps…
Category: Hack
Hack attempt on Garda computers forced shutdown of systems
Irish Mirror reports: A hacking attempt was made on Garda computer systems this week, it has emerged. The attack, which happened on Thursday, forced gardai to shut down a number of internal systems in an attempt to prevent sensitive data from being reached. […]Gardai said they identified a ‘zero day’ or new strain of…
Athens Orthopedic committed to rectifying data breach issues
One of the surgeons at Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia has written an open letter to patients and the community. I would encourage everyone to read it for perspective.
Glendale doctor sues Banner Health over data breach
The Republic reports on what will undoubtedly be just one of many lawsuits: A Glendale doctor has filed a class-action lawsuit against Banner Health after a cyberattack compromised the personal information of about 3.7 million patients, employees, cafeteria customers and others. Phoenix-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed the lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf…
Major Cyber-Criminal Extradited From Czech Republic to Face Charges in Atlanta
ATLANTA – Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R., 31, of Nikolaev, Ukraine, was arraigned today before Catherine M. Salinas, United States Magistrate Judge, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud. Levitskyy was indicted by a federal grand jury on October…
Apple, Intel, Google Employee Accounts Exposed in Data Breach of Developer Forum
Joseph Cox reports: Hackers have stolen thousands of accounts from a developers’ forum, including some belonging to Apple, Google, and Intel employees. The data comes from the website of Khronos Group, a non-profit focused on the creation of open standard APIs for the playback of media files on various platforms and devices. The group manages Open Graphics Library…