I will have more on this case and ruling, but wanted to get the breaking news out. Jennifer Baker reports: Briton Lauri Love will be extradited to the US to face charges of hacking, Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled on Friday. Love faces up to 99 years in prison in the US on charges of hacking as part…
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PA: Arrest in student hacking case
There’s an update to a case involving a student in the Hazleton Area School District, Pennsylvania who allegedly attempted to hack the district. WBRE reports that there has now been an arrest in the case, but from what I’m reading, the person arrested has not been charged with hacking, even though the headline says the hacker was…
WA: Hacker tries to ransom housing authority data
A hacker gained access to Bremerton Housing Authority’s website this week and threatened to release client information unless the agency paid a $4,000 ransom. The housing authority won’t negotiate with the cyber terrorist, Executive Director Kurt Wiest said. According to Wiest, the only information compromised in the attack was a database of about 1,100 client…
OH: City says it wasn’t hacked by group
Kevin Grasha reports: City officials Wednesday rejected an alleged computer hacker group’s claim that they had obtained email passwords for more than 280 City of Cincinnati email accounts, including Mayor John Cranley’s. In a memo to Cranley and city council members, City Manager Harry Black said information technology officials are continuing to monitor and guard against hack attempts involving the…
St. Elizabeth Physicians’ email gaffe exposed patient email addresses
Here’s an incident involving St. Elizabeth Physicians that happened last month but just showed up on HHS’s public breach tool now. From their August 23 notice: On July 12, 2016 St. Elizabeth Physicians inadvertently released the email addresses of 674 individuals in an email sent by its Weight Management Center inviting the recipients to a…
Geisinger Health Plan notifies 2800 that processing error exposed their PHI to others
Geisinger Health Plan issued the following statement on September 12: DANVILLE, PA — In accordance with Geisinger Health System policy and applicable federal regulations, Geisinger Health Plan has notified approximately 2,800 members from 220 employers that some of their Protected Health Information (PHI) has been disclosed in an unauthorized manner. This disclosure does not affect Geisinger…