Maryland’s Attorney General’s list for 2015 contains over 500 breach reports, many of which were never covered by the media. Here are two involving health or medical entities or health data, followed by some from the education sector that you may not have known about: Dharani Jasthi DMD PC dba Today’s Dental Associates reported that they: received an…
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Mounting phishing reports predict new tax refund fraud victims in 2016
It used to be that in February and March, we’d see a number of reports of breaches involving employees’ W-2 tax statements that were due to printing or mailing errors. This year, we’re seeing reports of W-2 data theft via phishing. Because a W-2 form provides the employee’s name, Social Security number, address, and earnings information for the…
More than 2,500 General Communication, Inc. employees’ W-2 information stolen in phishing scam
KTVA in Anchorage reports: Information found on GCI employees’ W-2 forms was stolen in an apparent phishing scam in February, according to the company. In an email Friday, GCI President Greg Chapados explained the information was accessed by someone claiming to be an employee of GCI. The individual, purporting to be GCI’s chief financial officer,…
Daesh hackers threaten 55 New Jersey police officers by releasing home addresses, phone numbers and working locations
James Wilkinson reports: ISIS hackers have threatened 55 New Jersey police officers by releasing their names, addresses, telephone numbers and working locations online. The Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA), an ISIS-affiliated group of hackers that largely focuses on defacing websites and spreading propaganda, released an Excel spreadsheet containing the details of 55 New Jersey Transit Authority police…
CA: ‘Phishing’ scam nets patient info from City of Hope employees’ email accounts
It feels like I’m seeing more phishing reports that hacking reports this past week. Ken Stone reports: Some patient information was unlawfully accessed as a result of a “phishing” attack that targeted the email accounts of several City of Hope staffers, the Duarte cancer research and treatment facility reported Friday. The data breach, which took place the…
Sensitive details of police operations posted on City of West Palm Beach’s site in redaction #FAIL
In researching a current story about Palm Beach County law enforcement personnel’s details being exposed/dumped, I stumbled across a breach from last year that hadn’t shown up in my usual news searches. So better late than never, here it is. On September 13, 2015, Jose Lambiet reported: For three long hours Friday morning, thousands of…