KOAT reports: Thousands of Central New Mexico Community College students could be at risk of having their personnel information compromised. The college said someone from the health center reported in July that a thumb drive with students’ birth dates and Social Security numbers was missing. The college does not know what happened to it. Read more…
Category: U.S.
Iron Tiger Campaign Stolen ‘Terabytes’ of Data in APAC and US
Phil Muncaster reports: Security researchers have discovered another advanced China-based targeted attack campaign which shifted its focus from APAC targets in 2013 to steal up to terabytes of data from hi-tech US government contractors. “Emissary Panda” or “Threat Group-3390 (TG-3390)” launched its Iron Tiger campaign in 2010, spying on political targets and government agencies in…
Advocate Health class action lawsuit trimmed
Linn Foster Freedman writes: Last week, an Illinois judge dismissed with prejudice five of the six claims levied against Advocate Health Care in a consolidated case of ten cases filed against it following the data breach it experienced in July of 2013 when four unencrypted laptops were stolen from its administrative office, exposing the data…
Wyndham Case May Mean Uncertainty for New Payment Providers
Kery Murakami reports: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC’s appeal of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against the hotel chain for alleged lax data protection practices is being watched closely by banking officials who say it could lead to uncertainty over cybersecurity regulations for emerging technologies such as mobile wallets and digital payments. The case…
Hackers breach Commack High School computer system, district officials say
Valerie Bauman reports: Commack school district officials said Thursday night that an “unauthorized person” broke into a high school computer data network containing class schedules, student identification numbers, names and addresses. In a statement posted on the district website, officials said there is no evidence that whoever hacked the system downloaded any specific student information….
SC: Drug tester, pharmacist deny wrongdoing in alleged prescription records breach
Glenn Smith reports: A Charleston drug screener and a Hollywood pharmacist pleaded not guilty Friday to conspiring to harvest confidential patient prescription records from a state database so attorneys could use them in Family Court cases. The indictments against drug tester Robert Bennett [of Medical-Legal Services in West Ashley] and pharmacist Timothy Keisler [of Preferred…