Belnet is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services. The site was under heavy DDoS attack beginning on May 4 that impacted the ability of parliament to meet and for students to access their online services. Online reservation systems for vaccination centres were also temporarily down, according to…
A breach of patient information included limited data on 17,655 patients of Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.
WKTV reports that Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare has disclosed that almost 18,000 of its patients were impacted by a breach at its business associate, CaptureRx. The breach occurred on February 6, and Faxton was notified on March 30. Investigation revealed that the types of ePHI included: First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Prescription Information,…
Exclusive: What Happened? A dispute between NightLion Security and Astoria Company Escalates
A DataBreaches.net exclusive: It is not uncommon for a firm to deny allegations that they have been breached. It is not uncommon for a firm to acknowledge that there has been a breach but claim that it is not as dramatic as a researcher might claim. And it is not uncommon for researchers to receive…
MN: RCTC students birthdates released in data breach
Erich Fisher reports that Rochester Community Technical College discovered it had twice made errors in responding to semi-annual public records requests from LexisNexis: A data breach at Rochester Community Technical College was identified and remedied on March 31 after it was discovered that a third-party company had received the birthdates of 5,392 students. No other…
Peloton’s leaky API let anyone grab rider’s private account data
Zack Whittaker reports: Halfway through my Monday afternoon workout last week, I got a message from a security researcher with a screenshot of my Peloton account data. My Peloton profile is set to private and my friend’s list is deliberately zero, so nobody can view my profile, age, city, or workout history. But a bug allowed…
Florida girl, 18, faces 16-year jail for hacking ‘homecoming queen’ contest with mom’s help
There’s an update on a hacking case first reported in March. Unlike high school students who hack to change grades, Emily Grover and her mother stand accused of hacking to rig the homecoming queen election in her favor. Now it appears that she will be charged as an adult to face multiple felony charges.