Ah. I was waiting for an explanation of an entry in HHS’s breach tool about a Long Island chiropractic practice incident that impacted 1,200 patients. Here it is, below. I’m pleased to see that the doctor is now removing some identity information from the system. I wish more practices would do that. This Notice of Potential Breach of Personal…
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AU: Hack attempt forces WA public transport systems offline
Allie Coyne reports: Western Australia’s public transport department has taken its websites and internal systems offline after detecting an attempted hack this morning. The Public Transport Authority, which runs the state’s trains, buses and ferries, shut down the websites for Transperth, RightTrack, School Bus Services, Get on Board and its own PTA website just before…
IRS suspends new security feature for lack of security
From the we-should-have-expected-this dept., Adam Winer reports: An IRS program that was supposed to help protect vulnerable taxpayers has been partially suspended, because it turns out the program wasn’t all that secure. An “IP pin code” program is supposed to add another layer of security to those filing tax return forms, but in March, the…
Islamic Jihad cyber terrorist indicted for hacking IDF drones over Gaza
Yonah Jeremy Bob reports: Islamic Jihad master hacker Maagad Ben Juwad Oydeh was indicted in the Beersheba District Court on Wednesday for hacking the IDF’s drones hovering over Gaza, enabling Hamas commanders to view the drone videofeed. An indictment filed by the Southern District Attorney’s Office also charged Oydeh with hacking into the IDF, the…
Former State Dept employee sentenced to prison for hacking, cyberstalking and “sextortion” scheme
There’s an update to a previously noted case. Former U.S. State Department employee Michael C. Ford has been sentenced to four years, and nine months in prison for perpetrating a widespread, international e-mail phishing, computer hacking and cyberstalking scheme against hundreds of victims in the United States and abroad. “This case unfortunately shows that cyber-stalkers…
Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems to Steal Sensitive Military Information
A Chinese national pleaded guilty today to participating in a years-long conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors, steal sensitive military and export-controlled data and send the stolen data to China. Su Bin, also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin, 50, a citizen and resident of the People’s Republic…