Is the following case an example of insider threat or it is a whistleblower situation — or both? The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern Texas issued the following press release on June 17: A Houston doctor has been indicted for obtaining protected individual health information for patients that were not under his care and without…
Category: Of Note
FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles With Liberty Latin America for Data Breach Notification Violations
Full Title: In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile USVI Inc. Document Type: Consent Decree Order Bureau(s): Enforcement Description FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed…
Owners of “Empire Market” Charged in Chicago With Operating $430 Million Dark Web Marketplace
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois, June 14: CHICAGO — Two men have been charged in federal court in Chicago with operating “Empire Market,” a dark web marketplace that enabled users to anonymously buy and sell more than $430 million in illegal goods and services around the world. THOMAS PAVEY, also known as “Dopenugget,”…
Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested
Brian Krebs reports: A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. The Spanish daily Murcia Today reports the suspect was wanted by the FBI and arrested in Palma de Mallorca as he…
BreachForums back online — or it is a honeypot? (UPDATED)
On June 12, BreachForums reappeared on clearnet and Tor. The owner — or someone with access to the forum owner’s account — interacted a bit in the ShoutBox and posted an announcement: Hello BreachForums users! Some wild stuff has gone down recently. First off, Spamhaus has blacklisted our SMTP host. Then, we ran into more…
Federal criminal investigation involving Perry Johnson & Associates data breach
The Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A) data breach was the biggest reported breach involving protected health information in 2023, with more than 13 million patients affected1. Now WBEZ in Chicago reports that there is a federal criminal investigation related to the breach at the medical transcription service. Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into…