A Romanian citizen made his initial court appearance today following his extradition to face charges that he orchestrated an international hacking scheme targeting retailers, security companies, medical offices and individuals in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu, 29, of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, is charged by federal indictment with two counts…
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Judge OKs $10 million settlement in Target data breach
Steve Karnowski and Michelle Chapman of AP report: A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said at a hearing Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, that he would grant preliminary approval…
WA: Premera Blue Cross target of cyber-attack, personal information accessed (update 3)
The Edmonds Beacon reports: Premera Blue Cross announced on Tuesday, March 17 that it was the target of a cyber-attack, and customers personal information was accessed. According to the Premera website, attackers gained access to the IT systems. The attack initially occurred on May 5, 2014, but wasn’t discovered until Jan. 29, 2015. An investigation by…
Children’s National Health System notified 18,000 patients after employees fell for phishing scheme
From the Children’s National Medical Center web site: At Children’s National Health System (Children’s National), protecting the security and confidentiality of patient personal and medical information is of the utmost importance. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On December 26, 2014, Children’s National learned that certain employee email accounts had…
OR: Advantage Dental reports data breach affecting 151,000
Tara Bannow reports: Advantage Dental, a Redmond-based provider that serves low-income patients at more than 30 clinics in Oregon, announced Monday an intruder had breached its internal membership database in late February and accessed information on more than 151,000 patients. Compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, phone numbers and home addresses, but not…
Bitcoin Baron tells Moore, Oklahoma: Thanks for letting me into your system. Now pay me.
The “Bitcoin Baron” has demanded the city Moore in Oklahoma send 100 bitcoins to protect data that Bitcoin Baron claims to have acquired. The hacker informs DataBreaches.net: Hacked into the systems of City of Moore and planted a virus inside their system and obtained files that is quite interesting if I might say and I…