Joel Stinnett reports: SmileDirectClub was the victim of a cybersecurity threat last month that could cost the teledentistry firm as much as $15 million, the company announced in a filing made Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The incident, which occurred April 14, caused a systems outage at the Nashville-based company but was…
Houston Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Federal Prison for Massive Credit Card Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced EDWARD TOLIVER, age 47, a New Orleans native who had been living in Houston, Texas, to 124 months in federal prison for his role in a massive credit card fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The sentencing was held on April 29, 2021. In…
Scripps Health Hit By Cyberattack
Christina Bravo reports: Scripps Health confirmed Sunday their technology servers were hacked overnight, forcing the health care system to switch to offline chart systems and causing a disruption to their patient portals. Scripps did not provide any information on how the cyberattack occurred or state exactly what systems were affected by the breach. The health…
Australia proposes teaching cyber-security to five-year-old kids
Simon Sharwood reports: Australia has decided that six-year-old children need education on cyber-security, even as it removes other material from the national curriculum. A newly revised draft of the national curriculum for children aged five to sixteen, launched yesterday, added a new strand titled “Considering privacy and security” that “involves students developing appropriate techniques for…
Ransomware Attack On Midwest Transplant Network Affects More Than 17,000
Dan Margulies reports on a breach that had the potential to cost lifes when a transplant network was temporarily locked out of its files: Families of organ, eye and tissue donors are receiving letters this week from the Midwest Transplant Network informing them of a data breach affecting more than 17,000 individuals. The breach, a…
Fr: Colis Privé reports a cyber-attack is causing disruption in operations
Colis Privé specializes in home and relay delivery of packages to you, individuals, within 24 to 48 hours. It is a subsidiary of Hopps Group. The firm announced a breach on its web site. Translated, it reads: Colis Privé was the victim of a cyber attack. Our IT teams have quickly isolated the incident and…