Richard Mize reports: Home security system sales pitches were coming too soon and too accurately, hitting new homeowners and their real estate agents immediately after closing. Realtors smelled a rat. People were getting hit up for ADT Security systems based on private data, clearly. Plus, the ADT Security reseller was making it sound like the…
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MI: Lansing Board of Water & Light paid $25,000 ransom after cyberattack in April
There’s an update to a ransomware attack on Lansing Board of Water & Light that had been reported back in May. The Lansing State Journal reported this week: The Lansing Board of Water & Light paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled by a cyberattack last spring, officials…
TX: Ransomware attack targets Seguin Dermatology (updated)
Lynn Brezosky reports: A Seguin dermatologist on Friday said his office computer system was attacked with ransomware that accessed confidential patient data, including names, social security numbers and billing codes for medical services. “There was a high likelihood that protected health information (PHI) was accessed,” Dr. Robert Magnon, owner of Seguin Dermatology, said in a…
Washington State Government Breached, Administrator Accounts Dumped Online
Lee Johnstone reports: Earlier today a hacker using the handle @CyberZeist announced a breach on the Washington state government website. Today’s breach was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin [link removed by DataBreaches.net], and it contained 59 administrator accounts with user email addresses, encrypted passwords and salts. Read more on CyberWarNews.info.
A&M Provides Notice of Data Security Incident at at Annie Sez, Afaze, Mandee, Sirens and Urban Planet Stores
Nov. 11 – A & M (2015) LLC (“A&M”) today announced that a recent data security incident may have compromised the security of payment information of some customers who used debit or credit cards at Annie Sez, Afaze, Mandee, Sirens and Urban Planet locations between November 24, 2015 and August 23, 2016. Customers who used their credit or debit card at…
TN: Vanderbilt U. Psychological & Counseling Center exposed students’ names in email survey
Sarah Friedman reports: This afternoon, the Psychological & Counseling Center sent an email out to 468 of its clients without blocking the recipients from seeing each other’s names. The content of the email was a satisfaction survey regarding the student’s recent visit to the center. Several students responded to all recipients of the email with…