Long-time readers may recall that in 2017 and 2018, DataBreaches.net reported on hacks of two medical practices by someone calling himself “Lifelock.” DataBreaches’ past reporting on him can be found in this July, 2017 post (see comments under the post), in two 2018 posts, and then a post in response to a press release from…
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GA: Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic reports breach to HHS
It appears that Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Georgia reported a breach to HHS on January 3 that impacted 53,686 patients. They reported the breach as “hacking — other.” There is nothing on their website at this time to explain the incident and so far, I have found no press release. The only additional information at…
Complaining about Canada’s alleged failure to extradite someone makes no sense when there’s no request to extradite
Yesterday, DataBreaches.net reported on a hoax email sent from a government system by an individual who calls himself “Pompompurin” on Twitter (@Pompompur_in). Pompompurin had immediately claimed responsibility for the incident and gave out interviews left and right. Despite Pompompurin taking responsibility for the hoax email, Vinny Troia of NightLion Security and ShadowByte immediately claimed that…
More Accusations About a Canadian Hacker in the Wake of a Hoax Email from FBI Portal
The email in my inbox on Friday night had the subject line, “Hey sexy,” and appeared to come from “eims@ic.fbi.gov” <eims@ic.fbi.gov>. Under normal circumstances, I would have just sent it to trash, but the Twitter user known to me as “Pompompurin,” had alerted me to check my email for what he described as a funny…
Ransomware actor tries to pressure Allen ISD by emailing parents
Benjamin Freed reports: The malicious actors behind a ransomware attack against a school district in Texas attempted to extract payment this week with what one analyst said appears to be an entirely new tactic: emailing parents of students with a threat that if school officials do not pay up, their kids’ personal information may be…
Idaho man charged with hacking into the computers of the City of Newnan and metro-Atlanta medical clinics
It appears that law enforcement has caught up with “Lifelock.” DataBreaches.net had reported exclusively on “Lifelock” back in April of 2018, and then again in June and July of 2018. At the time, I pointed out some of the striking similarities between “Lifelock” and “thedarkoverlord” (or the one I refer to as the first spokesperson…