There’s an update to previous post about a ransom situation in Finland impacting 40,000 psychotherapy patients at Vastaamo. As initially reported by Vastaamo, a psychotherapy practice with multiple offices and locations, they had been hacked and the hacker had acquired records of patients who had registered before the end of November 2018. Other sources reported…
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Hackers behind life-threatening attack on chemical maker are sanctioned
Dan Goodin reports: Russian state nationals accused of wielding life-threatening malware specifically designed to tamper with critical safety mechanisms at a petrochemical plant are now under sanction by the US Treasury Department. The attack drew considerable concern because it’s the first known time hackers have used malware designed to cause death or injury, a prospect that…
Names, Private Information Of Child Sex Crime Victims Were Illegally Made Public In Cook County Court Records
Samah Assad, Christopher Hacker, and Brad Edwards report: Cook County officials left the personal information of child sex crime victims in public court records, violating a state law that requires those details be kept hidden. The person charged with protecting those victims’ privacy in the records, Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, refused to restrict access to them for more than a month after being told about…
Donald Trump’s Twitter password is “maga2020!”, and there’s no 2FA, claims hacker
Updated: The claims made by Victor Gevers, reported below, have been disputed by Twitter, Trump’s team, and an article by Joe Cox on Vice. —————————– Graham Clulely reports that President Trump, whose password back used to be “yourefired” used “Maga2020!” as his Twitter password, with no 2FA. Read more on Graham’s site while some of…
FI: Hackers hold patient information for ransom in psychotherapy data breach
NewsNow reports: A company that offers psychotherapy to thousands of patients across Finland says it’s been the victim of a data breach, with the personal information of customers held for ransom. Vastaamo, which sees patients in 20 cities including Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Pori, Turku and Tampere, says “an unknown hostile party” got in touch with them…
NSA Steps Out of Shadows to Spotlight Where China Hackers Prowl
William Turton reports: The U.S. National Security Agency detailed 25 cyber vulnerabilities frequently used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers in an effort to alert computer security officials to update their systems. Most of the vulnerabilities “can be exploited to gain initial access to victim networks using products that are directly accessible from the internet and act…