John E. Dunn reports: Disgraced former Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis should be given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for his part in an alleged plot to hack the French national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) using Trojans, a prosecutor has said. The planting of computer Trojans for the purposes of data theft is usually seen…
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Breaches have consequences: Watchdog penalizes Hyundai Capital after data leak
A follow-up to the Hyundai Capital breach first disclosed in April. At the time, Hyundai reported that approximately 420,000 of its 1.8 million customers had their names, resident registration numbers, mobile phone numbers and email addresses compromised by hackers. Now Yonhap News reports: South Korea’s financial watchdog on Thursday decided to issue an institutional warning…
Hiding in Plain Sight: Post-Breach
Gunter Ollmann writes: The majority of network breaches begin and end with the installation of malware upon a vulnerable device. For the rest, once that initial malware beachhead has been achieved, the story is only just beginning. The breach disclosures that make the news are often confusing as they’re frequently compiled from third-hand reports, opinions…
Computer breach exposes personal records of Living Healthy Clinic patients
The names and other confidential information of about 3,000 clients of the Living Healthy Clinic were exposed as a result of a computer security breach In July. The clinic, operated by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh College of Nursing provides health services for uninsured Winnebago County residents. The university on Friday said an investigation determined that…
(update) ME: Voter database breach came from Millinocket, no information compromised
Eric Russell updates a report on a breach involving the Maine voter database: The Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday that it appears no personal information was compromised during a potential security breach of Maine’s Central Voter Registration database. The apparent breach was the result of malware — or malicious computer software — found on a workstation…
Maine voter registration system breached
Kevin Miller reports: The Maine Secretary of State’s Office said Wednesday it is investigating a potential security breach in the computer system that contains records on Maine’s registered voters. The state was notified Wednesday afternoon by the cybersecurity monitoring arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that Maine’s Central Voter Registration system had been…