Bradley Barth reports: If you thought too much MSG was the most dangerous thing about ordering Chinese food, consider this: the website for the upscale Mr. Chow restaurants has reportedly been compromised to deliver ransomware to visitors. According to a blog post by Malwarebytes, hackers injected pseudo-Darkleech malware directly into the website’s page, triggering a secondary ransomware infection via the Neutrino…
Category: U.S.
Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Extensive Computer Hacking Scheme Involving Nearly 50 Victims
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRADER YELVERTON, age 24, of Thibodaux, pled guilty on Tuesday to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with unauthorized access of a protected computer. According to court documents, between about 2013 and December 2015, YELVERTON accessed the personal online accounts, including email, educational, social media, and “cloud” storage accounts of at least…
Florida computer programmer arrested for hacking Linux Kernel Organization
SAN FRANCISCO – A South Florida-based computer programmer made an appearance in the Southern District of Florida today after being arrested Sunday on charges of hacking into computers operated by the Linux Kernel Organization and the Linux Foundation, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John…
Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison for Computer Hacking Crimes
Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. Lazar pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia on May 25, 2016. According…
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho Public Notice of Email Error
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho posted this notice on their web site: On June 28, 2016, some emails notifying individuals of an online portal were inadvertently sent to the wrong addresses. This caused individuals to receive another person’s email, which included the intended recipient’s first and last name. There was no other…
Cardiology Associates, PC notifies patients of employee misconduct
From the web site of Cardiology Associates, P.C.: Cardiology Associates is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of our patients’ information. This notice is to inform our patients of an incident involving some patients’ personal information. We have no evidence that any patient information has been used in any way, but want to inform…