The first — and so far, only — person to have been arrested and charged as a member of “thedarkoverlord” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in the U.K. was sentenced by Judge Judge Ronnie L. White to 60 months in prison and almost $1.5 million…
Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pays $1.5 Million to Settle HHS Charges of Systemic Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules
From HHS, a settlement notice involving one of thedarkoverlord’s victims. Athens Orthopedic Clinic is still facing a lawsuit from patients that made it all the way up to the Georgia Supreme Court on the issue of whether they had demonstrated enough harm to survive a motion to dismiss. Note: This blogger is the journalist referenced…
Ransomware is evolving, but the key to preventing attacks remains the same
Danny Palmer reports: Ransomware attacks are getting more aggressive according to a senior figure at Europe’s law enforcement agency, but there are simple steps which organisations can follow to protect themselves – and their employees – from falling victim to attacks. […] However, Europol’s No More Ransom project is attempting to take the fight to cyber criminals…
Activision Accounts Hacked? 500,000 Call Of Duty Players Could Be Affected—Report
Update: The accuracy of these claims has been called into question. See Activision dismisses claims of data breach compromising 500k CoD accounts. Davey Winder reports: According to reports, more than 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked with login data being compromised. The eSports site Dexerto has reported that a data breach occurred on Sunday, September 20….
Cyber Claim Trends Outlined in Coalition Report
Linn F. Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: Cyber liability insurers are in a good position to provide insight into the types of cyber incidents that are hitting the industry. Coalition, a provider of cyber insurance globally, which “serves over 25,000 small and midsize organizations across every sector of the US and Canada,” issued its…
AU: University of Tasmania IT bungle leads to mass student data breach
Mark Saunokonoko reports: Nearly 20,000 University of Tasmania (UTAS) students have had their personal information exposed to the entire campus after a major IT bungle. The data contained “personally identifiable information” of students at the university. UTAS told 9News in a statement there was “no evidence” malicious activity had caused the data breach. Read more on 9News.