Dan Goodin reports: Dozens of radiology products from GE Healthcare contain a critical vulnerability that threatens the networks of hospitals and other health providers that use the devices, officials from the US government and a private security firm said on Tuesday. The devices—used for CT scans, MRIs, X-Rays, mammograms, ultrasounds, and positron emission tomography—use a…
VA: Federal Aviation Administration Employee Arrested for Using Confidential Information for Attempted Extortion Scheme
Brian J. Booth, a 38-year-old Virginia resident, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with mail fraud for a scheme to use information stolen from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an attempt to extort foreign officials and obtain payment for the information. According to Court records, Booth, an FAA employee, had access to…
NY: Long Beach Computer Network Shut Down After Cyber Attack Found
Alex Costello reports: The City of Long Beach was the target of a cyber attack last week, which forced the city to shut down its computer network. The city publicly announced the attack on Friday after discovering it on Tuesday afternoon. According to the city, some of its technology employees saw unusual interactions in the…
Investigation in cyber attack stretches into second week, as students return to class
Eric Graves reports: Huntsville City School students are getting back to learning this week, after having several days off because of a cyber security threat. The only hitch, no devices. As the investigation into the possible ransomware attack continues, HCS administrators are still asking students to keep their laptops off and stay away from school…
Sensitive details of of 7 million Indian cardholders available on dark web
Advait Palepu reports: Sensitive details belonging to 7 million debit and credit cardholders are available on a public Google Drive document that has been circulating on the dark web. The document was discovered by cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia who reached out MediaNama stating that names of cardholders along with employers’ name, income levels, phone numbers, email addresses,…
Mercy Health discloses an insider breach, fires the employee
The following press release gives no indication as to how many patients were impacted, or what the employee’s motivation might have been. Was this just a curiosity/snooping situation, or was there some other motive? ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This news release is being issued to provide notice about a medical records privacy incident…