Mike Lockley reports: Thousands of alerts have been sent to patients at a leading GPs’ practice amid fears their medical records have been hacked. Staff at Hockley Medical Practice, based in the Jewellery Quarter, have acted swiftly after being made aware of the possible cyber attack. The surgery has 8,839 patients. A text message has…
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IT Services Giant Conduent Suffers Ransomware Attack, Data Breach
Ed Targett reports: Conduent, a $4.4 billion by revenue (2019) IT services giant, has admitted that a ransomware attack hit its European operations — but says it managed to restore most systems within eight hours. Although Conduent didn’t name the ransomware, the Maze Team announced the breach on their site and provided some proof of their…
Judge Pushes Back Accused LinkedIn Hacker’s Trial One Last Time Over COVID-19 Concerns
Ross Todd reports that a federal judge in San Francisco has once again delayed the resumption of the criminal trial of Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, the Russian man accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring. Read more on Law.com.
Indiana covered entities discover that their documents storage and secure destruction vendor dumped records improperly
I know the arguments against holding covered entities for auditing and monitoring their business associates periodically for compliance with any contracts, but when you don’t hold covered entities really accountable for checking that their vendors or business associates are living up to their contracts, stuff like this happens. And it can go on for years….
Data from Nigerian and Kenyan universities compromised after unis fail to act upon whitehat’s notifications
Emanuel Paul reports: …Techpoint can confirm that the websites and databases of two Nigerian universities — Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Benin City — and Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya are porous, vulnerable and in urgent need of attention. Also, these data which include admission lists, course registration details, and…
One down: Nathan Wyatt of thedarkoverlord agrees to plead guilty
A U.K. man extradited to the U.S. in December to stand trial for his role in thedarkoverlord (TDO) has agreed to plea guilty to resolve all charges against him. Nathan Francis Wyatt, also known as “Crafty Cockney,” has agreed to plead guilty to charges stemming from his role in some of thedarkoverlord’s attacks on entities…