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Nigerian charged in email scam is in custody in Dallas

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Dissent

Kevin Krause reports: A Nigerian man living in the U.S. on a student visa faces federal wire fraud charges in connection with a sophisticated email phishing scam targeting businesses. Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam, 28, of Lagos, Nigeria, was arrested in Baltimore in August and charged with scamming 17 North Texas companies out of more than $600,000…

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Criminal Hackers Target Police to Protest Perceived Injustices

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Dissent

Looks like DHS/FBI figured out that people were getting really, really angry over “perceived” injustices and “alleged” use of excessive force.  Page Count: 1 page Date: May 8, 2015 Restriction: For Official Use Only Originating Organization: Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation File Type: pdf File Size: 264,818 bytes File Hash (SHA-256):C433AF5A1A1DB72EC7338EB28F4B76BD96509071496809B713DF56BB21ADBAED U//FOUO) Disruptive cyber attacks by criminal hackers—primarily…

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CT: Data Security Breach at Middlesex Hospital: 946 Patients Impacted

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Dissent

Samantha Schoenfeld reports: Middlesex Hospital in Middletown says that it suffered a data breach in October. The hospital says that on October 9, it was discovered that four of the hospital’s employees had been victims of an email phishing scam, which allowed a breach into the hospital’s records. In all, information for 946 patients may…

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Hackers Held Data on 5,000 Canadians Hostage and the Government Didn’t Tell Anyone

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Dissent

Justin Ling reports: Last year, a clever piece of code grabbed the computers of a foreign company, and held them hostage — detaining information on 5,000 Canadian passport applicants in the process. It was another Cryptowall case, but the foreign company was not named, and those Canadians whose passport applications were caught up in the incident…

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Armada Collective threatens Greek banks with DDoS if they don’t pay $7.2M ransom

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Dissent

Ashley Carman reports: Three unnamed Greek banks are the most recent victims of an extortion campaign in which a hacker group is attempting to fully take down their websites. The group, calling itself the Armada Collective, apparently made its first demand on Thursday of last week, at which point it also launched the first of…

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UK: Thousands of medical records lost in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary flooding

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

BBC reports: Thousands of medical records were lost during flooding at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary earlier this year, NHS Grampian has revealed. Torrential rain caused severe flooding in parts of the city on 7 July. A secure basement at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary containing a records library was affected. NHS Grampian said 8,100 records could not be…

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