We don’t see breach notifications from k-12 districts that often, but here’s one submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office from the Mt. Diablo Unified School District: On April 27, 2017, when parents tried to access their student’s data through the HomeLink Portal, they were able to view information, as described below, of a student…
Category: U.S.
How ECMC got hacked by cyber extortionists
Henry L. Davis provides some greater depth to the coverage of the ransomware attack on Erie County Medical Center: It was 2 a.m. Palm Sunday. Computer screens across Erie County Medical Center flashed white with bright red words: “What happened to your files?” The ransom demands began with hot pink text. “Step1: You must send us…
Convicted Russian Cyber Criminal Roman Seleznev faces charges in Atlanta
May 19 – Roman Seleznev, of Vladivostok, Russia, has been arraigned on federal cyber fraud charges associated with the 2008 hack and theft of banking credentials from RBS Worldpay, a payment processing company located in Atlanta, Georgia. Seleznev was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 22, 2014. “In 2008, an American credit card processor…
BMO Harris Bank sends tax documents to the wrong customers
Correen Zell reports: A number of BMO Harris Bank customers received tax documents in the mail this week with other people’s personal information, and they’re still waiting for answers. When Don Liebenthal brought in the mail Thursday, a tax document from BMO Harris Bank addressed to his wife caught his eye. Liebenthal saw a stranger’s name,…
W-2 Email Scam Finds More Victims in 2017
Caitlin E. Reilly reports: The number of organizations that fell prey to a recurring W-2 email scam that involved identity thieves posing as company executives rose subatantially in 2017, an Internal Revenue Service official said May 18. […] In the first four months of 2017, 870 organizations reported to the IRS that they received a…
“We’re not responsible:” TheDarkOverlord denies hacking Disney’s new Pirates movie
Since June of 2016, when they somewhat burst on the scene, there has been a lot written about the hacker/collective known as TheDarkOverlord (TDO). A lot of it appears to be just plain inaccurate, but in some cases, the inaccurate reporting can be traced back to misleading communications or tweets by TDO. As a recent example of miscommunication creating an inaccurate…