Okay, so maybe I jinxed things when I reported how well the Veterans Administration had done in August in reducing the number of breaches involving personal information. By September, it was back to same old, same old. Here’s a brief rundown on the breaches involving personal information of multiple individuals reported by the VA to Congress for the month of…
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Russian Hackers of Dow Jones Said to Have Sought Trading Tips (UPDATED with Denial from Dow Jones)
Update: Dow Jones is totally denying the story. The Register reports Dow Jones issued the following statement: “To the best of our knowledge, we have received no information from the authorities about any such alleged matter, and we are looking into whether there is any truth whatsoever to this report by a competitor news organization,” said Colleen…
Feds charge Ardit Ferizi, a/k/a @Th3Dir3ctorY, with creating hit list of American military, govt employees for ISIS
Was a hack of a U.S. retailer used to develop an ISIL hit list of American military members and government employees? According to a federal complaint unsealed today, it appears it was. From the Department of Justice: Malaysian authorities have detained Kosovo citizen Ardit Ferizi in Malaysia on a U.S. provisional arrest warrant alleging that he provided…
Service Systems Associates updates its breach disclosure
Back in July, this site reported that a number of gift shops at zoos were impacted by a breach involving their point of sale systems. Service Systems Associates (SSA) issued a statement at the time. I’m not sure why more impacted entities are first disclosing now, but WBAP reports: You’ll want to check your bank statements if you went…
University of Oklahoma’s Urology Clinic notifying 9,300 of possible HIPAA breach after yet another laptop is stolen from a physician’s car
In July, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology notified almost 7,700 patients after a laptop was stolen from physician’s car. Now the University of Oklahoma’s Urology Clinic is notifying 9,300 patients about the theft of another laptop with protected health information. From their statement: The University of Oklahoma takes patient…
Uber Left Hundreds of Drivers’ Licenses and Social Security Numbers Exposed
Motherboard reports: Due to an apparent mistake, Uber left the personal information of what appears to be hundreds of drivers exposed online, including their Social Security numbers, scans of driver licenses, tax forms, and other data. The data leak seems to be linked to the company’s new “Uber partner” app, designed to provide drivers with…