Joseph Curtis reports: Two suspected computer hackers accused of targeting mobile network TalkTalk and stealing their customer banking details will stand trial in July next year. Matthew Hanley, 21, and Connor Allsopp, 19, are said to be involved in the massive data breach in October last year, said to have cost the company £42million in lost…
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Bitcoin Anonymity Over? United States Government Seeks Identity, Transaction Records of Coinbase Users
Well, this might be a game-changer for some if the government prevails. Joël Valenzuela reports: The U.S. government is seeking the identity of Coinbase users for tax purposes, sparking fears that Bitcoin’s anonymity may be compromised. According to a legal summons filed in the Northern California District Court, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeks to identify…
EXCLUSIVE: Bay Sleep Clinic patients were viewable online during sleep studies
Bay Sleep Clinic (BSC) has more than one dozen locations in California offering sleep medicine diagnostic services. Their site advertises that BSC: Provides monitoring during a complete sleep cycle in our fully equipped, comfortable setting. That monitoring appears to include video monitoring of their patients who, after being wired up to monitors, attempt to sleep in one of their…
Protenus’s October Breach Barometer is available
As it has done in past months, Protenus has compiled a monthly report on health data breaches in the U.S. that were disclosed during October. Their analyses are based on data and information provided by this site and blogger. Of special note: in the past two months, we have now learned of two incidents affecting at…
In: Data of 34 million Keralites leaked in massive data breach; govt had ignored vulnerability reports
And this, kids, is what happens when an entity keeps ignoring vulnerability reports from researchers or infosec folks. In this case, an IT consultant, “N.T.R.,” hacked civilsupplieskerala.gov: “I wrote to the NIC several times pointing to the vulnerabilities and even called the civil supplies office warning them about a possible breach, but they ignored me….
Follow-up: Investigation Confirms No Patient or Employee Information Compromised in Cyberattack on Appalachian Regional Health system
ARH has issued an update to its report of a ransomware attack that occurred in August: After a thorough investigation into the late August cyberattack on the Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) system, findings from independent computer forensic experts as well as federal authorities have determined that no ARH patient or employee health or financial information…