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FBI: Nashville company Asurion paid $300K ransom after private data was stolen; former employee named as suspect

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Dissent

Brian Kelman reports: A Nashville corporation paid at least $300,000 in ransom to a extortionist who claimed he stole private info of thousands of employees and more than a million customers, according to new court records from an ongoing FBI investigation. Asurion, a global phone insurance and tech support company headquartered in the city, confirmed the breach but said it believes the suspect…

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Patient sues Lehigh Valley Health Network saying doctor illegally tapped his medical records and shared them with business associates

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Dissent

Binghui Huang reports on a lawsuit arising from alleged patient record snooping. But this case seems to have another element to it:  what did the health system do after it learned — and confirmed — that patient record snooping had occurred? A man who spent a couple months in Lehigh Valley Hospital claims in a…

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NT police chief admits officers breached privacy of public servant’s medical records

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Dissent

Steven Shubert reports: Reece Kershaw, the Northern Territory’s Police Commissioner and soon-to-be federal police chief, has admitted some of his officers inappropriately accessed the private medical records of a public servant. But NT Police won’t say if the department the man worked for was involved, nor if the officers responsible have been disciplined. Luke Horsfall,…

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AT&T Insiders Bribed With Over $1 Million To Unlock 2 Million Phones And Hack Their Employer, DOJ Claims

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Dissent

Thomas Brewster reports: A 34-year-old from Pakistan has been extradited from Hong Kong to the U.S., over allegations he bribed AT&T employees over five years to unlock more than 2 million phones. He was also accused of hacking into AT&T computers. It cost AT&T millions, whilst the insiders were paid more than $1 million in…

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Riverside student accused of hacking school computer, changing grades

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Dissent

Brian Rokos reports: A 15-year-old high school student could face a felony charge after he tricked teachers into providing their computer login information and then changed grades — his for the better and others’ for the worse — according to Riverside police. The ruse, known as “spearphishing,” is increasingly common, said the investigator on the…

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Protest data breaches threaten HK’s hub ambitions

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Dissent

The Macau Daily Times reports: Hong Kong’s ambitions to be an international data-center hub are a potential casualty of the city’s mass protests. […] Last month, dozens of protesters were arrested after being treated in the emergency ward of a public hospital following battles with riot police. The city’s Hospital Authority subsequently denied leaking patient…

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