On Sunday, DataBreaches.net reported on healthcare databases that are up for sale on the darknet in the RealDealMarket. The seller is “TheDarkOverlord,” who provided descriptions of the databases and samples, but did not name the victim entities. In a number of encrypted chats with the hacker since then, DataBreaches.net obtained additional information about the identity of…
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OPM breach NOT bigger than previously admitted (CORRECTED)
CORRECTION: An alert reader notified this site that NextGov had goofed in reporting that OPM had recently revealed that the breach was larger than previously reported. NextGov has retracted that part of their story and issued an Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: The original version of this article erroneously stated that the Office of Personnel Management had acknowledged for…
264,000 and counting: Hack of EHR/EMR vendor leaves clients scrambling
What data security incident currently holds the undesirable status of 2016’s largest incident involving patient data that has been reported to HHS?* There’s a good chance you’ve never heard about it because the company has remained publicly mute. San Jose-based Bizmatics, Inc. designs and markets electronic health record and electronic medical records practice management software…
Hacker who stole $50G from George Soros’ foundation sentenced up to six years in prison
Lauren Klose and Reuven Blau report: The computer hacker who stole $50,000 from a nonprofit run by George Soros was sentenced Monday to up to six years in prison. Computer expert David Kupratis, 31, of Parlin, N.J. twice assumed another person’s identity and then filched a laptop computer and cellphone from a third person in…
Lording it over the healthcare sector: health insurer database with 9.3M entries up for sale
As if yesterday’s news that three databases with 655,000 patients’ records were up for sale on TheRealDeal by “TheDarkOverlord” wasn’t disturbing enough, today they’ve listed a database with 9.3 million records from an unnamed U.S. health insurer. The listing sets a retail price of 750 BTC, which is almost $500,000.00, and the seller describes it this…
More details emerge on hacked patient databases up for sale
Yesterday, I reported that three unidentified patient databases had been put up for sale on the darknet on TheRealDeal market. I was subsequently able to have a chat with TheDarkOverlord (the hacker/seller) about the hacks and the refusal of the victims to pay the extortion demands. You can read more of what TheDarkOverlord shared with me…