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9,500 patients at the Medical College of Wisconsin notified of phishing incident

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Dissent

Guy Boulton reports: Confidential medical information or other personal data of 9,500 patients at the Medical College of Wisconsin was compromised by a targeted attack on the school’s email system in July, the Medical College said Friday. The compromised email accounts contained one or more of the following types of information: patients’ names, home addresses, dates…

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Court dates set in Justin Shafer case

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Dissent

On Friday, December 1, lawyers for an infosec researcher who has been in jail since April will  argue that U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey should release Justin Shafer from jail while he awaits trial. For those who are not familiar with the case, Shafer, a dental integrator technician and independent infosecurity researcher, faces federal…

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FEMA confirms identity theft claims after NBC2 investigation

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Dissent

Rachel Polansky reports: Dozens of Southwest Floridians are sick and tired of waiting for answers from FEMA after being hit by Hurricane Irma and then, identity thieves. A month after the NBC2 Investigators exposed a major scheme involving criminals stealing local identities to defraud the federal government, the NBC2 Investigators are finally getting answers from…

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Man linked to TheDarkOverlord sentenced to 3 years in jail

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Dissent

Sam Wildman reports that a Wellingborough, U.K. man who has been linked to TheDarkOverlord has been sentenced to jail for three years, but for crimes that do not unequivocally appear to be the work of the blackhat hacking collective. “Crafty Cockney,” whose real name is Nathan Wyatt, had pleaded guilty in September to 20 counts…

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Pentagon Exposed Some Of Its Data On Amazon Server

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Dissent

CNN reports: A researcher says the Pentagon exposed huge amounts of web-monitoring data in a security failure. Anyone with a free Amazon Web Services account could have looked at the hoard of information stored in the cloud by the U.S. Defense Department, according to Chris Vickery, a researcher at cybersecurity firm UpGuard who discovered the exposure. Read more…

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Another day, another email gaffe

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Dissent

The Department of Social and Health Services’ Behavioral Health Administration confirmed Thursday that a spreadsheet containing private information of 515 patients at Western State Hospital was sent to an incorrect email address. Read more on QFox13.

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