One day, I’ll read an IT audit from NYS Comptroller DiNapoli and will smile at the good report. Today is not that day, however. The following is a summary of the audit of of True North Rochester Preparatory Charter School. According to the state, “the School’s IT network and assets are managed by an IT…
City of Johannesburg hit by ransomware, again
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker group going by the name of Shadow Kill Hackers has infected the city of Johannesburg’s internal network with ransomware and is holding South Africa’s largest city for ransom. The hackers are demanding 4 bitcoins to be paid by next Monday, October 28, 5 pm, local time, or they claim they’ll…
Ukrainian cyber police detain a hacker hiding in Ukraine from US law enforcement
The following is a Google translation from an article in Ukrainian on the site of Ukraine’s national police, announcing the arrest of an unnamed (but pictured) 32-year old suspected of stealing $6 million from U.S. banks. If any reader recognizes him or has any idea who he is, please let me know via email to…
IL: Brookfield bank investigating ATM fraud
Bob Uphues reports: First National Bank of Brookfield‘s president last week said an investigation continues into the use of a card skimmer on its drive-thru ATM to gain PIN numbers of a large number of debit cards used during the weekend of Oct. 5-6. The probe is ongoing and bank officials were “dedicated to making sure…
MY: Over 17,000 patients’ personal data exposed on national neurology registry website
The Star (in Malaysia) reports: In yet another data breach, more than 17,000 patients’ personal data have been exposed on the government-linked National Neurology Registry (NNeuR) website due to a scripting error, news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported. The portal reported that the data breach exposed among others NRIC numbers, phone numbers and addresses…
GA: Former Wells Fargo employee arrested for identity fraud, theft by taking
Alexander Popp reports: A Wells Fargo bank teller from Alpharetta was arrested by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office this week for allegedly using customer’s accounts to steal thousands of dollars. Jordan Paul Jernigan, 22, a former bank teller at the Wells Fargo on Johns Creek Parkway in south Forsyth, was taken into custody at his…