It appears that Texas-based outdoor WiFi provider TengoInternet was notified anonymously in April 2018 of a hack, but their investigation at that time reportedly revealed no credible evidence. In September, however, when they were reportedly contacted again by the same anonymous individual, they had credible evidence. Was the anonymous party a whitehat researcher trying to…
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Bully 4 U: Victims’, perpetrators’ names exposed in Western Albemarle data breach
Schilling Show reports: The results of an annual school survey administered by Western Albemarle High School (WAHS) were inadvertently exposed to the public in a serious breach of security and student privacy protocol. In a post-breach letter to parents, WAHS principal, Darah Bonham, explained that the school’s Peer Nomination Survey “asks students to identify peers…
Raley’s pharmacy patients notified after laptop with protected health information stolen
If you were or a pharmacy patient at Raley’s, Bel Air Mart, or Nob Hill General Store, your information may have been on a laptop that was stolen on September 24. In a notification to the California Attorney General, David Fluitt, Director of Pharmacy Operations for Raley’s, writes that the types of unencrypted information on…
Two hackers behind 2016 Uber data breach have been indicted for another hack
Zack Whittaker reports: Two hackers who stole millions of users’ data from ride-hailing firm Uber have been indicted on separate hacking charges related to a data breach at online learning portal Lynda, two people familiar with the case have told TechCrunch. Vasile Mereacre, a Canadian citizen living in Toronto, and Brandon Glover, a Florida resident,…
CA: Data breach may have exposed personal information of 3,000 Girl Scouts of Orange County
Children’s medical alerts and health conditions may be breached in so many ways outside of the healthcare sector. Schools, sports clubs, camps, and yes, boy scouts and girl scouts, are just some of the organizations that may hold sensitive information that gets breached, with no report needed to HHS. Alejandra Reyes-Velarde reports: Members of the…
Security company sued after alleged information leak
Oops. I missed this one when WTOC first reported it on October 17th: Dozens of social security numbers connected to work hours and rates of pay are at risk of being used by criminals because of the actions of a security firm supervisor. Those are the allegations in a lawsuit filed by a Savannah law…