Catalin Cimpanu reports: TaskRabbit, a web-based service that connects freelance handymen with clients in various local US markets, has emailed customers admitting it suffered a security breach. The company has taken down its app and website while law enforcement and a private cyber-security firm are investigating the incident. The hack appears to have taken place…
Category: U.S.
More than 100 Iditarod volunteers’ personal information potentially compromised
KTUU is reporting that more than 100 Iditarod race volunteers may have had their personal details on a computer that was stolen on March 11. Chas St. George, the Chief Operations Officer of the ITC, says a race volunteer had their car stolen, inside the car was a password protected laptop and thumb drive containing personal…
UnityPoint Health notifying patients of phishing attack
On February 15, 2018, UnityPoint Health discovered our email system was the victim of a phishing attack that compromised some employee email accounts. UnityPoint Health promptly took action to secure the impacted email accounts, changed passwords, and engaged external cybersecurity professionals to analyze what information might have been contained in the impacted accounts. After a…
La: Former medical assistant, 7 others jailed in connection with prescription fraud
Littice Bacon-Blood reports: A former medical assistant at a children’s clinic and seven others have been arrested and jailed in connection with a fraudulent prescription drug ring for opiate-based medication, authorities in St. John the Baptist Parish announced Friday (April 13). Authorities at the St. John Sheriff’s Office accuse the medical assistant, identified by authorities as…
Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. Notifies Clients, Individuals Following Cyberattack
Sometimes I see a press release subject line and incorrectly assume it will be about customer data. This one from April 13 is more serious, it seems: Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. (“MEP”) announced today that it was subject to a ransomware attack, which may have potentially exposed some information of clients and individuals….
Mount Ida students’ records shared without their permission
This may be more a matter for PogoWasRight.org than this site, so I’ll cross-post it over there. Laura Krantz reports: Students and parents at Mount Ida College say they are furious because the college shared their private records with UMass Dartmouth without their permission, amid a controversial plan to shut down the college and offer…