AP reports: A former Department of Veterans Affairs employee has been sentenced to six months in prison for leaking the medical records of Richard Ojeda as the former Army major was running for Congress in West Virginia. Jeffrey Miller of Huntington was sentenced Tuesday in federal court. Miller, 40, acknowledged accessing the medical records of…
Maze Team continues its campaign of naming, shaming, and dumping victims’ data while other attackers adopt the same model
In May, 2019, Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer reported on threat actors using Maze ransomware, a then-new variant of ChaCha ransomware. As reported by Abrams, Jérôme Segura had found that the ransomware was being dropped by the Fallout exploit kit. In October, researchers also noted that it was being dropped using the Spelevo exploit kit. Since…
Brazil Prosecutors Charge U.S. Journalist Glenn Greenwald With Cybercrimes
Jeffrey T. Lewis reports: Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday charged the American journalist and activist Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes related to the hacking of Justice Minister Sergio Moro’s cell phone last year, raising concerns about press freedoms in Latin America’s largest democracy. Federal prosecutors say Mr. Greenwald, who co-founded The Intercept news site and lives in…
Data breach a concern after New Milford IT arrest
The town is striving to better protect its employees in the wake of a data breach this fall and the former information technology director’s arrest Friday. Kendrick Protzman, who served as the IT director from 2002 to 2019, is accused of releasing the personal information of current and former town employees when he was no longer…
Saskatoon Sexual Health laptop containing 156 patients’ information stolen in November 2018
Thia James reports: A laptop stolen from Saskatoon Sexual Health in late 2018 contained information about 156 clients, a recent report from the province’s information and privacy commissioner found. In a Jan. 14 report, Ron Kruzeniski wrote that he found the clinic had taken reasonable steps to contain the breach stemming from the theft and…
Mitsubishi Electric discloses security breach, China is main suspect
Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a short statement published today on its website, Mitsubishi Electric, one of the world’s largest electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing firms, disclosed a major security breach. Although the breach occurred last year, on June 28, and an official internal investigation began in September, the Tokyo-based corporation disclosed the security incident today, only after…