Eric DuVall reports: The entertainment magazine Variety was hacked by the same group that has targeted the personal accounts of high-profile tech company CEOs, sending emails to Variety’s followers with the hashtag #OurMine. Variety acknowledged the hack Saturday and instructed users to disregard and delete the emails as it worked to regain control of its email subscriber database….
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Federal court deals blow to Minn. driver data snooping cases
Eric Roper reports: Television personalities, a state representative and Mrs. Minnesota United States 2007 were among the local luminaries who failed to prove that police officers improperly snooped into their driver’s license records, a federal appeals court ruled this week. The opinion is the latest blow to plaintiffs who have swamped cities and counties across…
Indictments in patient data theft from Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology Nutrition of Florida (UPDATED)
As seen in the Tampa Star: Three men have been indicted for stealing the personal patient information of more than 13,000 people from a Tampa medical practice and using it to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds. The conspiracy to steal the personal patient information of thousands of clients at the Tampa office…
‘JustBatCat’ pleads guilty to helping ‘KYAnonymous’ in computer hacking case
Bill Estep reports: A computer hacker has admitted helping a Winchester resident known online as “KYAnonymous” compromise a website and get involved in the controversy surrounding a notorious rape case in Steubenville, Ohio. Noah McHugh, of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty in federal court in Lexington to one charge of accessing a computer without authorization. The…
Burrell Behavioral Health Provides Notice Of Data Security Incident
DATELINE: Springfield, Missouri – September 2, 2016 – Burrell Behavioral Health today announced a cyber attack on its computer network. On July 7, 2016, it discovered that an individual or individuals gained access to the email account of an employee of Burrell Behavioral Health. Burrell Behavioral Health immediately took steps to secure the email account…
Noble House Hotels & Resorts updates breach disclosure as more properties identified as affected
Noble House & Resorts seems to have updated its disclosure concerning the payment card breach reported recently to include more properties and restaurants than they had known about at the time of their first public statement. At that time, the only property that they had confirmed as compromised was Ocean Key Resort & Spa. KIRKLAND, Wash., Sept. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/…