Yesterday, an individual or individuals claimed that they were selling information stolen from companies known to have been compromised by the SolarWinds attack. But was the offer real or is it a scam? Lawrence Abrams reports on the site and the question of whether it is legitimate or not. As part of his reporting,…
Unauthorized access of Stormont Vail’s internal vaccine scheduling site
Sarah Motter reports: TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – News today from Stormont Vail CEO Dr. Robert Kenagy that their internal vaccine scheduling website was shared outside of their health system. Dr. Kenagy said that it appears as though an employee(s) shared the online vaccine scheduling program with people outside of Stormont Vail. In an email to…
Data, Privacy, Pandemic: India just had the Biggest Medical Records Breach Ever
Oommen C. Kurian writes: Public debate this week has been dominated by how WhatsApp compromises personal data and privacy, and the pros and cons of its competitors. On 5 January, there was a story on a technology portal about how details of COVID-19 test results of tens of thousands of patients were leaked on the net through…
Convicted Hacker Charged with Fraud and Identity Theft Committed While Incarcerated in Federal Prison
There’s an update to the case involving Ardit Ferizi, whose criminal history and conviction for hacking and providing material support to a terrorist organization have been covered previously. Just last month, Ferizi had been sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was granted a reduction to time served plus 10 years supervised release, to be…
Eneco warns customers for data breach: ‘Change your password, personal data may have been accessed’
The following is a translation of an alert on Opgelicht?! Energy supplier Eneco is warning (former) customers of a possible data breach: they have established that cyber criminals have managed to gain access to the accounts of 1,700 customers and that personal information may have been stolen. What you need to know? Last week, Eneco…
PA: Clearfield Co. Hit by Cyberattack
Jessica Shirey reports: A cyberattack infected all of Clearfield County’s servers and 15 percent of its computers over the weekend. Commissioner John A. Sobel, board chairman, Tony Scotto and Dave Glass issued the following public statement Tuesday: “Clearfield County recently detected and is responding to malware activity on its computer network. As soon as we…