Yonhap News reports: South Korea’s telecommunications watchdog said Tuesday that it has decided to impose a fine of 4.5 billion won (US$3.8 million) on major online shopping mall Interpark Corp. for its failure to protect information of customers in a hacking attack blamed on North Korea. The Korea Communications Commission made the decision at its…
Category: Phishing
Alert: Phishing Email Disguised as Official OCR Audit Communication
I received an interesting alert from OCR yesterday about a phishing scheme using their letterhead: Alert: Phishing Email Disguised as Official OCR Audit Communication November 28, 2016 It has come to our attention that a phishing email is being circulated on mock HHS Departmental letterhead under the signature of OCR’s Director, Jocelyn Samuels. This email…
East Baton Rouge school system caught up in bizarre “phishing” email fraud using Superintendent Warren Drake’s name, $46,500 lost in wire transfers
Charles Lussier reports: The top business manager for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system fell for an unsophisticated con, wiring $46,500 to someone who claimed via email to be Superintendent Warren Drake, even though the man himself was working in an office next door. The school system on Thursday disclosed the fraud known as…
City of El Paso duped out of $3.3 million in phishing scam
Brenda De Anda-Swann reports: The City was “duped” and “robbed” of millions of dollars intended for the streetcar project, a source with knowledge of the investigation told ABC-7. During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, city officials revealed a person or group pretending to be a vendor scammed the city out of about $3 million by…
New Zealand Nurses Organisation notifies 47,000 members of breach
From the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand’s office, this statement: Headline: Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help If you’re one of the 47 thousand members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) whose names and email addresses were accidentally disclosed to a criminal third party, you might be wondering what you can do…
Duluth phishing attack may have exposed voters’ private data
Peter Passi reports: More than 55,000 Duluth residents will receive letters in the next few days informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email phishing expedition at city hall. The scam hit the Duluth city clerk’s office, where an email account was compromised….