Catalin Cimpanu reports: A group of hackers specialized in attacking banks has hit again, and this time they’ve breached four targets in Asia, respectively in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Kyrgyzstan, security researchers from Group-IB have told ZDNet. The only incident that is currently public is one impacting Dutch Bangla Bank Limited, a bank in…
TN: Alive Hospice notifies patients or next of kin after discovering unauthorized access to an employee’s email account
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On or around May 6, 2019, Alive Hospice became aware of unusual activity related to an employee’s email account. Alive Hospice immediately took steps to respond to and investigate this activity and change the user’s password. Based on this review, Alive Hospice determined that an unauthorized individual(s) gained…
MYOB in payslip privacy bungle
Ry Crozier reports: Imagine what would happen if you went to open your emailed group certificate and found out it was your boss’ or a colleague’s instead. That’s the rather awkward situation some customers of MYOB could be facing after its automated payroll program accidentally emailed 220 individual payment summaries to the wrong people. Read…
Hacker in DDoS attacks on Daybreak Games gets two years in prison
Owen S. Good reports: Another hacker behind attacks on Daybreak Game Company, then known as Sony Online Entertainment, is going to prison. Austin Thompson of Utah will be behind bars for the next 27 months, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced Tuesday. Thompson, 23, pleaded guilty in November (official charge:…
FL: Sheriff: DCF employee behind data breach affecting 2,000
AP reports: Investigators say a Florida Department of Children and Family Services employee is accused of leaking personal data to six people in an organized fraud ring. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that the data breach affected 2,000 people, and has already amounted to $260,000 in retail theft. Read more on SFGate.
Eight people are arrested in Hong Kong over cyberattacks against police as the city copes with the aftermath of anti-government protests
AFP and Tracy You report: Hong Kong police said today they had arrested eight people for stealing and disclosing personal information of officers online as the city grapples with the aftermath of unprecedented anti-government protests that saw its parliament ransacked. […] Six men and two women, aged 16-40, were arrested last night for allegedly ‘doxxing’…