Prime Therapeutics administers prescription drug benefits and is a diversified pharmacy solutions organization serving health plans, employers and government programs. It is owned by 19 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, subsidiaries or affiliates of those plans. Magellan Rx Management, one of their companies, serves public sector state government programs. According to a press release…
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Forever 21 notifies 540,000 of breach affecting employees enrolled in firm’s health plan
In 2017, fashion retailer Forever 21 experienced a malware attack on its card payment system that compromised customers’ payment cards. The breach was an embarrassment on a number of levels because the attacker had access to their system for about 7 months, and Forever 21 did not seem to have discovered the breach on their…
Za: How hacker stole R600K from Eastern Cape schools
Last week, the Specialised Commercial Crime Court of East London, Eastern Cape, handed down a prison sentence of three years to a hacker who stole just under R600 000 from the province’s education department. The crime took place in 2013, when Bruce Owen, in his thirties at the time, broke into the inner workings of…
Hackers bring down Poland’s train network in massive cyber attack
Ticker News reports: Polish intelligence agencies are currently conducting an investigation into a cyberattack that targeted the country’s railway infrastructure, according to reports from Polish media. The incident, which occurred overnight, involved hackers gaining unauthorized access to railway frequencies, resulting in disruptions to train services in the northwestern region of Poland. The Polish Press Agency…
UK: Metropolitan Police on red alert after details of officers and staff hacked in massive security breach
Mike Gillard and Mike Sullivan report: The Metropolitan Police were on red alert tonight after details of officers and staff were hacked in a massive security breach. All 47,000 personnel were warned of the risk their photos, names and ranks had been stolen when cyber crooks penetrated the IT systems of a contractor printing warrant…
A Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ devices ‘deleted’ from server
Zack Whittaker reports: Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company in recent months to have been hacked. In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and…