The non-profit organization Man Alive in Baltimore provides substance abuse treatment and mental health services to some of the city’s neediest residents. As if the facility didn’t have enough challenges, on August 24, they were hacked, and a patient database with sensitive personal and treatment information was put up for sale on the dark web. DataBreaches.net was first tipped to…
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Two members of “Crackas with Attitude” arrested in North Carolina
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Andrew Otto Boggs, aka “INCURSIO,” 22, of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and Justin Gray Liverman, aka “D3F4ULT,” 24, of Morehead City, North Carolina, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged roles in the computer hacking of several senior U.S. government officials and U.S. government computer systems. According to charging documents…
Credit card information stolen from Abilene taco shop
Andrew McMillan reports: If you made a purchase at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in Abilene in the past few weeks, you may want to check your bank statements – Abilene police say more than 50 people had their credit card information stolen from the restaurant. According to an incident report filed Wednesday, the identity thefts may…
Fired Tech Worker Denies Stealing Secrets
Nicholas Iovino reports the latest development in a case previously noted on this site: A fired Silicon Valley tech worker pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to computer fraud charges related to his alleged theft of trade secrets from his former employer last year. Jing Zeng, 43, of San Ramon, was arrested at the San Francisco International Airport in…
Seattle’s New Utility Billing System Experiences Privacy Breakdown
Mike Lindblom reports: Seattle’s new billing system for utilities, already afflicted by delays and cost overruns, launched Monday morning with a data flaw that sent 3,041 customers a link to other customers’ bills, including their names, addresses and energy or water use. Along with the privacy breakdown, the city sent six to 12 redundant email notices…
WA: Highline Medical Center notifies 18,000 patients whose information was exposed on the Internet by third-party error
The R-C Healthcare Management error that resulted in Bon Secours notifying over 655,000 patients that their protected health information had been exposed on the Internet beginning in April also impacted CHI Franciscan Health Highline Medical Center in Washington. But unlike Bon Secours, which had a current relationship with the vendor, Highline was no longer a client at the time of…