Children’s medical alerts and health conditions may be breached in so many ways outside of the healthcare sector. Schools, sports clubs, camps, and yes, boy scouts and girl scouts, are just some of the organizations that may hold sensitive information that gets breached, with no report needed to HHS. Alejandra Reyes-Velarde reports: Members of the…
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Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations pays hacker $20K in bitcoin after massive data breach, sources say
Jason Warick reports: The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations recently paid more than $20,000 to an anonymous hacker who breached its computer system, CBC News has learned. The revelation surfaces as hundreds of delegates gather in Saskatoon on Wednesday and Thursday to elect a new FSIN chief and two vice-chiefs. Read more on CBC.
NY: Rep. Peter King campaign website hacked
Scott Eidler recently reported that Rep. Pete King’s campaign website was attacked by a group that calls itself “Tim’s Army” (also known as “Ayyildiz Tim Siber Army”). The group has taken over the Twitter accounts of national political journalists, including Fox News’ Brit Hume and NBC’s Peter Alexander, posting Turkish propaganda, according to news media…
Russian hackers ‘target Cancer Research UK’ with Magecart
Faith Ridler reports: Cancer Research UK customers have been targeted by the same Russian hackers behind recent cyber attacks on Ticketmaster and British Airways. Magecart, an anonymous group of cyber criminals, attempted to steal the card details of people buying gifts through the charity’s website, cyber security experts at consultancy RiskIQ said. The hackers reportedly…
Two years after ‘trauma’ of hack, DNC builds a tech team with a veteran bench
Tim Johnson reports: The digital operations team at the Democratic National Committee hit some dark days after Russian hackers mauled their networks in 2016, hijacking dozens of computers and pilfering tens of thousands of emails to hand over to WikiLeaks and onto the internet. Remnants of that digital bruising linger. “I feel like everyone’s still…
Heathrow Airport Limited fined £120,000 for serious failings in its data protection practices
From the Information Commissioner’s Office, this monetary penalty notice in response to a breach previously noted on this site: Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to ensure that the personal data held on its network was properly secured. On 16 October 2017 a member of…