A massive international hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme served as a backdrop for an FBI investigation that led to the capture of a Pakistani citizen who played a major role in scamming U.S. companies out of millions of dollars in fees. From November 2008 to December 2012, Muhammad Sohail Qasmani laundered more than $19.6 million…
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FL: Notice from Baptist Medical Center South to EEG Patients Regarding a Missing Hard Drive
Baptist Medical Center South (“Baptist South”) is committed to protecting the security and con dentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On May 18, 2017, Baptist South learned that a backup hard drive used for EEG testing was missing from an EEG room. We immediately began…
TN: Ransomware hits one Tennessee city’s emergency services
AP reports: Two branches of a Tennessee city’s emergency services have been hit by ransomware as part of a worldwide malware attack that began in May. […] Norville says most of the affected data is not retrievable, and it is unclear if any significant files have been lost. Two file servers and 19 computers within…
While investigating one ransomware attack, Walnut Place hit with second attack
On May 12, I posted a press release from Walnut Place about a ransomware attack that had occurred in January. Their press release did not disclose that they had become aware of a second ransomware attack on May 6. A new press release, dated today, does: On March 13, 2017, Walnut Place leadership was informed…
Former MedAssist employee charged with trafficking stolen identities from Southeast Alabama Medical Center patients
WSFA reports: A woman whose job specialized in assisting medical patients has been charged with identity theft, according to the Dothan Police Department. Dothan Police say Malika Shanta Oliver, 40, is charged with trafficking stolen identities. An investigation revealed Oliver was employed by a company called MedAssist which specializes in assisting medical patients with insurance…
Ohio police, fire dispatch center hacked (UPDATED)
UPDATE of July 6: Wooster’s Law Director clarified for me that the data that were compromised came from police incident reports, which includes names and social security numbers and/or driver’s license numbers. The dispatch system is not a HIPAA-covered entity. According to Ms Applebaum, this incident was not related to WannaCry and the city has “measures in…