Another client of Nationwide Recovery Services has announced they were affected by the vendor’s breach. Robert Sorrell reports: BRISTOL, Tenn. — A data breach at a third-party vendor used by the city of Bristol, Tennessee, may have exposed sensitive personal information of residents whose accounts had been turned over for collection. During a City Council…
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Edmond cybersecurity CEO accused of planting malware on hospital computers
Kilee Thomas reports: Investigators said he walked right into St. Anthony Hospital and put malicious malware on an employee’s computer, which could have exposed critical patient data. Jeffrey Bowie is listed as the CEO of a cyber security company based in Edmond, but instead of helping protect St. Anthony Hospital from hackers, authorities said he…
Ransomwared NHS software supplier nabs £3M discount from ICO for good behavior
Connor Jones reports the latest update on the ransomware attack affecting Advanced Computer Software: The UK’s data protection watchdog is dishing out a £3.07 million ($3.95 million) fine to Advanced Computer Software Group, whose subsidiary’s security failings led to a ransomware attack affecting NHS care. This is nearly half the fine the Information Commissioner’s Office provisionally floated…
No need to hack when it’s leaking: OrthoMinds edition
Exposed database backups discovered and reported by researcher @JayelTee are now being reported in more mainstream news after OrthoMinds issued a press about the incident. Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A vendor of cloud-based orthodontic practice software is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their data was exposed to the internet for 10 days last…
Former University of Michigan Football Quarterbacks Coach and Co-Offensive Coordinator Indicted on Charges of Unauthorized Access to Computers and Aggravated Identity Theft
DETROIT – Former University of Michigan Co-Offensive Coordinator Matthew Weiss—age 42, of Ann Arbor—was charged today in a 24-count indictment alleging 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Julie A. Beck announced. Beck was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge,…
Extensive US public school employee data compromise reported from Carruth Compliance Consulting breach
SC Media reports: Oregon-based third-party retirement plan administrator Carruth Compliance Consulting had information from more than 40,000 public school teachers and employees in California, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania exfiltrated following a December attack by the newly emergent Skira Team hacking group, which purported the theft of data from 36 public schools across the…