Fraser Whieldon reports: A Birmingham college has closed all its campuses to students for a week following a “major” ransomware cyber attack that disabled its core IT systems. The eight sites of South and City College Birmingham will be shut and revert to online teaching from today while computer forensic specialists work to fix the…
NZ: West Coast health board in privacy blunder involving medical information
Joanne Naish reports: The West Coast District Health Board (DHB) has been accused of breaching patients’ privacy after giving private medical information to the wrong person. It is the second time the DHB has come under fire after documents containing information about hundreds of patients were found blowing around a Christchurch street in 2019. Read more…
Owner of Connecticut Mental Health Services Agency Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charge
March 11 – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WALI MUHAMMAD, 45, of Branford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of health care fraud. Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the court proceeding before…
Nebraska Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Stealing and Selling Employer’s Confidential Information
March 11- A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for engaging in fraudulent activity that exposed his employer’s confidential information, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Timothy Young, 50, of Moorefield, Nebraska, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an…
Israeli car financing company hacked, dozens of personal documents leaked
Tzvi Joffre reports: Black Shadow, the hackers who leaked thousands of documents containing the personal information of customers with Israel’s Shirbit insurance company in December, have now hacked the servers of K.L.S. Capital Ltd as well, the group said in a Telegram post on Saturday. On Saturday morning, the hacker group announced, “We are here…
ZA: PPS hit by cyber attack
Jamie McKane reports: PPS, a South African insurance and investment advisory company, has suffered a cyber attack at the hands of unknown hackers. The company notified clients in a statement today that their services may be disrupted as it attempts to restore functionality to its IT infrastructure. Read more on My Broadband. It’s not yet…