From the it’s-about-time-but-never-should-have-happened dept. Brian Krebs writes: On Sept. 11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary,…
Arizona Department of Education redaction failure exposed 7,000 parents’ scholarship accounts
From the Goldwater Institute: January 28 — The Goldwater Institute was shocked to learn yesterday of a massive breach of privacy by the Arizona Department of Education, which released private personal information relating to almost 7,000 parents who participate in the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program. The data breach is just the latest in…
School district officials investigating possible breach of online grading system
KUSI in San Diego reports: School district officials say they are investigating an apparent breach of the online grading system at Torrey Pines High School. Multiple sources tell KUSI that the system was hacked to alter student grades and transcripts. Read more on KUSI.
Ashley Madison cyber-breach: 5 years later, users are being targeted with ‘sextortion’ scams
Kate Fazzini reports: Scammers have found a new way to wring money out of unsuspecting victims of the 2015 breach of the Ashley Madison affair-dating website, by using their stolen credentials in an amped-up version of the common “sextortion” scam. Researchers at email security company Vade Secure found the new scam earlier this year, when…
PA: Johnstown woman steals medical records, money from business
Patrick Buchnowski reports: A Johnstown woman has been charged with stealing $3,350 from the Southmont business were she once worked in order to feed her drug habit, and then removing medical records to cover up the crime, authorities allege. Wast Hills Regional police charged Shannon Lee Shander, 46, of the 100 block of Fair Oaks…
United Healthcare reports breach affecting undisclosed number of SC customers
Mary Katherine Wildeman reports: United Healthcare customers in South Carolina may have seen their private information exposed in a data breach that happened last year, the company said in a disclosure Friday. First and last names, health plan information and private medical claims data all could have been compromised, United said. The health insurance company…