Taryn Luna reports on a hack and phish that may leave you wondering whether this was a politically motivated attack or just a garden variety attack. Luna reports the the victim is Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, whose re-election campaign account was robbed in a multi-step scheme that began with a hack of his email account…
Category: U.S.
A Texas health commission employee was fired. Then she received the private information of more than 100 clients.
Marissa Evans reports: Tracy Ryans got mail — straight from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, including a box full of state assistance application forms with hundreds of people’s social security card numbers, green card certificates, billing statements, check stubs and photocopies of driver’s licenses. HHSC wasn’t supposed to have sent them. Just weeks…
Update: Prague, Oklahoma youth pastor in computer crimes probe previously worked at GCTC
Kim Morava reports: A search warrant served Monday at a part-time youth pastor’s home in Prague is connected to a computer crimes investigation that began months ago, with authorities now indicating the person under investigation previously worked at Gordon Cooper Technology Center,where he allegedly accessed juveniles’ social media accounts. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents,…
Center for Orthopaedic Specialists notifies 85,000 patients of ransomware attack
The Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) in California has three locations in West Hills, Simi Valley and Westlake Village. COS has been notifying 85,000 current and former patients of a ransomware attack on their unnamed IT vendor in February. From their April 18 notice on their web site: The Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) recently learned…
Access Group notifies borrowers of data security incident
It’s not just edtech vendors students need to watch out for when it comes to privacy and data security. Vendors that help process student loans may also put you at risk, as this notification from AccessLex Institute (dba Access Group) reminds us. The nonprofit organization, which provides financial education resources and services, writes: Dear [Name]:…
Altaba, Formerly Known as Yahoo!, Charged With Failing to Disclose Massive Cybersecurity Breach; Agrees To Pay $35 Million
From the SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the entity formerly known as Yahoo! Inc. has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges that it misled investors by failing to disclose one of the world’s largest data breaches in which hackers stole personal data relating to hundreds of millions…