The first time DataBreaches remembers hearing about the man who calls himself “USDoD” was when he posted a sales listing for member data from InfraGard. He had not only managed to acquire data on 80,000 members of an organization dedicated to protecting critical infrastructure, but his revelation of his method exposed some embarrassingly inept security…
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Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery notification — and what it doesn’t tell the patients.
On July 17, DataBreaches reported that BlackCat had added the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery (BHPS) to their dark web leak site. The June listing was updated to include photos that appeared to be proof of claims about their access to the clinic’s files. The doctors did not respond to DataBreaches’ inquiries in July, but on…
He’s smart, he’s an accomplished liar, and now Impotent says he’s retired.
Sometimes people surprise me. “Impotent” did. He’s gone by a number of usernames online over the past few years. “Everyone knows me under many different aliases. Let’s actually call me mainly Pulpo. I also used ‘Creeper, ‘Impotent,’ ‘Kmeta,’ ‘KmetaNaEvropa,’ and ‘Promise,’ but on my markets, I was usually just ‘Admin.’ The main identities I love…
Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to $1.25 Million Business Email Compromise Scam Impacting U.S. Company
WASHINGTON – Onwuchekwa Nnanna Kalu, 39, a Nigerian National from Rivers State, Nigeria, pleaded guilty today to stealing $1.25 million from an investment firm located in Boston, through a business email compromise (“BEC”) scam. The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist, of the FBI Washington Field…
NHS Staff Reprimanded For WhatsApp Data Sharing
Phil Muncaster reports: An NHS trust has been reprimanded by the UK’s data protection regulator after it was discovered that staff had been sharing patient details on an unapproved app for two years. Some 26 staff at NHS Lanarkshire accessed the WhatsApp group between April 2020 and April 2022, entering sensitive patient data including names,…
Rush Health Must Face Suit Over Health-Info Sharing With Google
Christopher Brown reports: Rush System for Health must defend a proposed class action alleging it shared health information of patients using its patient portal with Google Inc. and other third parties, in breach of its contract with patients and in violation of the Illinois Eavesdropping Act. Marguerite Kurowski successfully stated a claim for breach of contract regarding…