Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Michel Lermos-Hernandez (40, Tampa) to 16 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to pay $714,383.51 in restitution to his victims. Lermos-Hernandez pleaded guilty on March 2, 2016….
Category: Malware
OR: Sentinel Hotel Notifies Guests of Payment Card Incident
Sentinel Hotel announced today that it has taken action to investigate and address an incident affecting payment card data at the hotel’s front desk. After receiving reports of unauthorized charges occurring on the payment cards of some of its guests after they had used their card at the Sentinel Hotel, Sentinel immediately launched an investigation…
Mapco Data Breach Class-Action: How To Get Your Settlement
There’s a follow-up to a 2013 payment card breach involving MAPCO that was followed by litigation. Now the litigation has resulted in a settlement offer, it seems. J.R. Lind reports: To qualify, you must reside in the United States and your personal or financial data was stolen from Mapco’s data systems and if you were damaged…
NHS Trust cancels EVERY operation at three hospitals after its electronic system was hit by a computer virus attack
Abe Hawken reports on what sounds like it might be a ransomware situation (update: nope, it is not): All operations have been cancelled at three hospitals run by the same NHS Trust after a virus attack compromised their computer system. The system, which is run by Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust, had to be shut…
Ca: Hacking attempt made at Vernon doctor’s office
The Vernon Morning Star reports an attempted ransomware attack on the office of Dr. Larrie Mandreck. [The office] was alerted on Sept. 24 to a remote hacking attempt during which unauthorized access was briefly obtained to the local computer system. Information that is contained in the patient files could include, name, date of birth, email address,…
13 countries join global fight against ransomware: Europol
17 October 2016 The Hague More than 2 500 victims were able to decrypt their devices thanks to No More Ransom Just three months after the successful launch of the No More Ransom project, law enforcement agencies from a further 13 countries have signed up to fight ransomware together with the private sector. The new…