DataBreaches.net has been reporting on TheDarkOverlord (TDO) since they first burst on the scene in June, 2016. Since then, this site has reported on numerous attacks by them on health care entities, financial and business entities, a Hollywood post-production studio, and a defense contractor. Now they have begun to target the education sector, and an official at the…
Category: U.S.
Woman used stolen patient information to rent a car, cops say
Raisa Habersham reports: A former clinic employee is accused of stealing patients’ information and using one of the victim’s identity to rent a car, Atlanta police said. Police are not releasing the identity of the woman, who is still on the run and has 10 warrants to her name, Channel 2 Action News reported. The…
Disqus reveals it suffered a security breach in 2012
Richard Lawler reports: Another day, another security breach (and another, and another…). This time it’s Disqus, which is revealing that in 2012 — around the time when Engadget used Disqus for comments — hackers made off with some of its data, covering a snapshot of usernames and associated email addresses dating back to 2007, as…
District investigating data breach at Palo Alto High School
Elena Kadvany reports: The school district said it is investigating a data breach at Palo Alto High School after discovering a “rogue website” Thursday that exposed student names, grade point averages and class ranks. Staff were notified about the website Thursday morning. A screenshot of the website posted by student news outlet The Paly Voice…
Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3 Billion
Robert McMillan and Ryan Knutson report: A massive data breach at Yahoo AABA 1.95% in 2013 was far more extensive than previously disclosed, affecting all of its 3 billion user accounts, new parent company Verizon Communications Inc. said on Tuesday. The figure, which Verizon said was based on new information, is three times the 1…
Private data of more than 1,100 NFL players, agents exposed
Max Greenwood reports on another find by Kromtech Security: The personal data of more than 1,100 NFL players and agents was exposed as the result of a misconfigured online database, a cybersecurity company has revealed. Bob Diachenko, the chief communications officer for Kromtech Alliance, wrote in a blog post on the company’s website Monday that researchers…