Kudos to Bob Sullivan for staying on the Starbucks story. Today, he writes: Ryan Benharris had $200 stolen from his debit card after his Starbucks account was hijacked recently, but that’s not why he was furious at the firm. He was angry about what happened next. “I had to beg and plead to get my…
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Airplane hacking panic! Why it’s a surely a storm in a teacup
There has been much media coverage of Chris Robert’s alleged claims about controlling an airplane in-flight. I haven’t bothered to link to them as they generally just re-hash what is already known and not known. But Iain Thomson got a more detailed response from those who are skeptical about Roberts’ claims: At last year’s…
Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. Notifies Employees and Patients of a Data Security Compromise
From their press release: Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc. (“CTHP”) has become aware of a data security event involving unauthorized access by a former employee to certain CTHP systems and information maintained by CTHP. CTHP has been working to understand the nature and scope of the incident, and has engaged third-party data forensics experts to assist with its investigation. …
St. Louis Federal Reserve Suffers DNS Breach
Brian Krebs reports: The St. Louis Federal Reserve today sent a message to the banks it serves alerting them that in late April 2015 attackers succeeded in hijacking the domain name servers for the institution. The attack redirected Web searches and queries for those seeking a variety of domains run by the government entity to a Web page…
MN: Associated Dentists notifying patients after office burglary
Associated Dentists is notifying affected patients of a data security incident that may affect the security of their protected health information. Associated Dentists and investigating authorities are unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of patients’ protected health information. Associated Dentists is providing notification to ensure that patients are aware of the incident so that…
IL: Boyd Hospital failed to remove stored patient records before building sold
Paging HHS to Aisle 4…. Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree reports: What started as a routine purchase of a surplus county building has resulted in the discovery of thousands of medical records and allegations of theft. Jerseyville resident Edward Crone bought the property at 505 S. Main St. from the county on March 19 — more than a…