On June 26, after learning that databases with patients’ protected health information had been put up for sale on the dark web, DataBreaches.net began investigating and trying to alert the victim entities so that they could take immediate steps to try to mitigate harm to patients. By that evening, I had sent an email to Athens Orthopedic…
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Quest Records LLC breach linked to TheDarkOverlord hacks; more entities investigate if they’ve been hacked
At the end of June, DeepDotWeb broke the story that hackers calling themselves TheDarkOverlord (TDO) had put three databases with patient information up for sale on the dark net. Although the owners of the databases were not listed, DataBreaches.net was able to identify two of the three entities as the Athens Orthopedic Clinic (AOC) in Atlanta and Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine (MOPS) in Farmington, Missouri. Both entities…
TX: Thief steals personal information belonging to dozens of children
Renee Santos reports that a binder with identity information on 30 Texas Toros football team players was stolen in a smash and grab of the coach’s truck in a parking lot. The team is part of a children’s “Greater San Antonio American youth football league,” and the binder held registration money and the “birth certificates and…
Thousands of Guests’ Data May Have Been Hacked at Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt Hotels
What, again? Reuters reports: A data breach at 20 U.S. hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts for Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental may have divulged payment card data from tens of thousands of food, drink and other transactions, HEI said on Sunday. The breach follows similar attacks at Hyatt Hotels and Starwood Hotels &…
Two Kentucky Men Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Aug. 12 – Two Kentucky men were sentenced to between five and more than six years in prison today after pleading guilty in April and May to conspiring to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division,…
Russian MP’s son faces trial in US over $170 million hacking scheme
If you’ve been meaning to catch up with the case against Roman Seleznev, a Times of Malta report by Martha Bellisle should help. Seleznev’s trial begins next week, and prosecutors plan to lay out evidence that they say will prove Roman Seleznev hacked into US businesses, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, and stole credit card…