Joshua Fechter reports: A hacker named “Bitcoin Baron” has claimed responsibility for cyberattacking the City of San Marcos and San Marcos Police Department websites in retaliation against a police officer who allegedly assaulted a Texas State University student in 2013. The websites were down as of Tuesday morning. Read more on MySA.com
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Hospital Sues Bank of America Over Million-Dollar Cyberheist
Brian Krebs reports: A public hospital in Washington state is suing Bank of America to recoup some of the losses from a $1.03 million cyberheist that the healthcare organization suffered in 2013. In April 2013, organized cyber thieves broke into the payroll accounts of Chelan County Hospital No. 1 , one of several hospitals managed by the Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth, Wash….
U. of Chicago notifies employees and former students of hack
The University of Chicago breach reported on this site in January and February has now been reported to at least one state attorney general. The breach involved a database belonging to the Biological Sciences Division. In a copy of their notification letter, submitted to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, Dr. Everett Vokes, Chairman of the Department of…
Rogers statement on hack by TeamHans
A spokesperson for Rogers sent DataBreaches.net the following statement about the hack reported here yesterday: A single email address of one of our enterprise sales employees, who managed a small number of medium business accounts, was accessed last week by a third party due to human error (not system error). The third party was able…
“Short” hack at computer chip firm ASML
Janene Van Jaarsveldt reports: Chip manufacturer ASML has confirmed in a short statement that their IT systems has been hacked. The company states that immediate action was taken and that they are conducting an investigation. At this time it is unclear who is responsible for the hack. Read more on NLTimes.
Play.com customers report spam following breach at third-party marketing firm
Network Security Report reports: Play.com, one of the largest online retailers of consumer goods, has suffered a security breach. In a warning to customers, Play.com has said that customer names and email addresses may have been compromised. Play.com is washing its hands of direct responsibility, claiming that a third party on its marketing communications team…