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
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…
Dell: Yes, we shipped laptops, PCs with a nasty web security hole
Chris Williams reports: Dell says it will publish a guide to remove the web security backdoor it installed in its Windows laptops and desktop PCs. This confirms what we all know by now – that Dell was selling computers with a rather embarrassing hole it in their defenses. New models from the XPS, Precision and…
Ca: Hospital clerk fined $36,000 for selling patient records
Jacques Gallant has a follow-up to a case that I’ve been covering on this site since it was first disclosed: A former Rouge Valley hospital records clerk was fined $36,000 and given two years of probation on Monday for selling thousands of maternity patient records to RESP firms. Shaida Bandali, 62, pleaded guilty earlier this…
Follow-up to Boyd Hospital breach
Remember the case in Illinois where Boyd Hospital had stored patient records in a building that was later sold as surplus? The hospital claimed it didn’t know the new owner was taking possession of the building, which is why the patient records were still in there when the new owner took possession of the premises….
Insurer moves to dismiss BitPay’s lawsuit
In September, it was reported that BitPay was suing its insurer, Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company, for reimbursement of $1.8M funds lost in a phishing attack in December 2014. Now the insurance company has moved to dismiss the suit. Stan Higgins reports: However, in a 17th November court filing, MBIC has stated that it believes it was justified in…