Betty Lin-Fisher reports: Louise Gunther of Fairlawn called recently to express her extreme frustration at how, despite six weeks of efforts to correct the problem, she was continuing to get what she felt was private information sent by email for someone else’s Capital One credit card. Gunther regularly checks the email for her domestic partner…
Category: U.S.
Wayne County (Indiana) Sheriff’s Dept Website Defaced, Login Data Leaked
Waqas reports: The online hacktivist AnonGhost just hacked, defaced the official website of Wayne Country Sheriff’s department and publicly leaked its database containing login credentials of its employees. The attack on the Sheriff’s website was conducted under the banner of #OpUSA, an online operation where Palestine friendly hackers are targeting US based websites. Read more on HackRead.
FBI Cyber Notification: FBI, TSA Analyzing Claims of Intrusion Vectors into Onboard Avionics
In case you didn’t see this last month, it’s worth noting in light of current news stories about Chris Roberts’ research and claims. Public Intelligence writes: The following private industry notification was published online by RenderMan of RenderLab in late April. The notification concerns claims made by security researcher Chris Roberts about vulnerabilities in “commercial aircraft’s onboard avionics and wireless networks…
Starbucks blaming passwords, victims doesn’t fix the problem; burning questions about attack remain
As I pointed out in reporting on Starbuck’s response to Bob Sullivan’s disclosure of a breach involving the mobile app accounts, not everyone would find their explanation and response satisfactory. Today, Bob Sullivan fired back: Since I broke news of the Starbucks mobile pay / gift card /credit card attack last Monday, there has been some confusion…
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center sent 1,032 immunization records to state registry by mistake
Sherry Jacobson reports: UT Southwestern Medical Center accidentally transmitted the immunization records of about 1,000 patients to a confidential Texas registry used by physicians, health departments and school districts. Letters were sent last week to the UTSW patients involved, expressing regret that their vaccination information had been shared with ImmTrac, a statewide registry service used…
Columbia Casualty asks court to let it off the hook for $4.1M settlement in Cottage Health System breach
So you apply for cyberinsurance and in your application, you describe all the security controls and policies you have in place. And an insurance company looks it all over and issues you a policy because you meet the minimum security practices they require. But then you don’t actually adhere to all the controls and policies you…