Ted Goodman reports: Hackers took over 19 official government websites for Congressman since last Thursday after a major hacking incident compromised the network. The affected representatives contract their website management with the company DCS Services who works exclusively with House Democrats. People who visit the official sites of the nineteen affected legislators see a “site under maintenance” message. Read…
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MN: Washington County security breach may affect Section 8 residents
Leah Beno reports: The Washington County Community Development Agency is warning of a security breach which may include people living in Section 8 housing. The WCCDA discovered an unauthorized third party hacked into one of the agency’s servers earlier this month, potentially exposing certain community members and employees’ personal information. A cyber security firm determined…
Massachusetts General Hospital Dental Group notifies patients of Patterson FTP server incident
Back in February, this site reported that a Patterson Dental anonymous FTP server was leaking patient data, according to a security researcher who had discovered the problem and reported it to them and then this site. One of the entities, the Massachusetts General Hospital Dental Group, had patient data caught up in that leak, and…
TheDarkOverlord names the Farmington victim and releases data
One of the other up-for-sale health databases that DataBreaches.net reported on on Sunday was a facility in Farmington, Missouri. It was described as a “Healthcare Database (48,000 Patients) from Farmington, Missouri, United States.” Yesterday, after investigating the sample and other information, DataBreaches.net reached out to the Midwest Orthopedic Pain & Spine clinic owned by Dr….
Noodles and Company confirms payment card breach
Brian Krebs first broke the story in May that casual food chain Noodles and Company had likely had a payment card breach. Now the company has confirmed it: Press Release Noodles & Company Provides Notice of Data Security Incident Broomfield, Colorado, June 28, 2016 – Noodles & Company (NASDAQ: NDLS) today announced that a recent data security…
OPM breach NOT bigger than previously admitted (CORRECTED)
CORRECTION: An alert reader notified this site that NextGov had goofed in reporting that OPM had recently revealed that the breach was larger than previously reported. NextGov has retracted that part of their story and issued an Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: The original version of this article erroneously stated that the Office of Personnel Management had acknowledged for…