AP reports: School officials in Las Vegas notified parents of what administrators termed a “data security incident” involving district computers. The Clark County School District said Thursday the extent of the breach was being evaluated and that distance learning was not affected. Read more on KXNT. The district tweeted a copy of the email it…
New Zealand stock exchange disrupted by fourth ‘offshore’ cyber attack
Reuters reports: The New Zealand government has activated national security systems after the nation’s stock exchange was disrupted by cyber attacks for a fourth day. There was no clarity on who was behind the “offshore” attacks, but the failure to stop them has raised questions about New Zealand’s security systems, experts said. Read more on The Guardian.
AR: Gosnell schools hit with ransomware attack
Aaron Castleberry reports: The Gosnell School District is recovering from a ransomware attack on Sunday. Superintendent Bornad Mace said ransomware software infiltrated the school’s system Sunday morning. Mace said the district’s tech team, the Arkansas Division of Information Services, and the P12 Cyber Threat Response Team worked to clear and recover data on Tuesday. Read…
Ca: North Okanagan pediatric clinic hacked
Jennifer Smith reports: Patients of a North Okanagan facility are being alerted of a privacy breach. The North Okanagan Pediatric Clinic was subject to a remote hacking attempt in late May 2020. “While patient medical charts and records, which are maintained in paper form only, were unaffected, historical patient profile information could theoretically have been…
IL Ex-Nursing Home Employee Used Patient’s ID To Pay Bills: Police
Lorraine Swanson reports: A Franklin Park woman is accused of stealing the identities of dozens of mostly elderly people. Anna Zur, 39, was arrested on Wednesday after a year-long investigation, where she was charged with felony counts of wire fraud and continuing a financial crimes enterprise, police said. When a daughter noticed fraudulent charges in…
Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Parts I and II
Brian Krebs reports: At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “Hieupc” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare set by the U.S. Secret…