Tom LoBianco reports: A prolific Republican super PAC pushing President Donald Trump’s Cabinet took down its website temporarily Monday after hackers got in and retitled sections “Make America S****y Again” and scrawled “Black Lives Matter” across the video section. The 45 Committee — a PAC started by mega-donors Todd Ricketts and Sheldon Adelson — released…
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Verity Health System Notifies Thousands of Patients of Web Site Hack That Began in 2015
So after ignoring a few inquiries from DataBreaches.net requesting information, it appears Verity Health System has now issued a statement about a breach reported to HHS on January 11 as affecting 10,164 patients. Here is their press release: Although there is no evidence that patient information was used in an unauthorized fashion, Verity Health System is notifying…
Used government computers bought at auction filled with personal information
The 1980s called…. Scott Noll reports that a KHOU investigation “once again found the City of Houston selling private, personal information through online auctions of used government equipment.” What did they find, you wonder? “On one of the computers, we found a database containing over 100,000 medical records,” explained computer expert Gary Huestis. They do…
House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff
Luke Rosiak reports: Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission. Brothers Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives Thursday, The Daily Caller…
Family Medicine East, Chartered in Wichita notifies patients of stolen computer
KWCH reports: A Wichita medical clinic says a computer containing patient information was stolen in December. Family Medicine East, Chartered, 1709 S. Rock Road, sent a letter to patients on Friday. The clinic says someone broke into the office on Dec. 8 and stole the desktop computer and a printer. Read more on KWCH. FME has…
Vulnerability put 1.87 million Michigan employees at risk
Catherine Shaffer reports: As many as 1.87 million Michigan workers may have had their personal information exposed through a newly discovered security vulnerability in the computer system used by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. The information release affects workers whose paychecks are processed by a third-party payroll vendor. A software update installed in October 2016…