AP reports: A Massachusetts hospital says a data breach exposed information about some 12,000 patients. Baystate Health of Springfield said Monday that a phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to the email accounts of several employees between Feb. 7 and March 7. The hospital says the accounts included patient names and dates of birth, certain…
TX: Weslaco hospital: patient data potentially compromised
Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is notifying patients their information may have been compromised, according to a news release the hospital sent Monday. The hospital’s investigation, which included a third-party forensic firm, found that some employees’ email accounts were compromised in October 2018, the news release stated. Some emails included patient data, including names, dates of…
China Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Mining in Renewed Clampdown
Edward Chan reports: China signaled its intent to ban cryptocurrency mining, dealing a fresh blow to an industry buffeted by tumbling virtual currency prices, stiff competition and waning investor interest. The National Development Reform Commission, the country’s powerful economic planner, this week listed crypto-mining among a plethora of industries it intends to eliminate because they…
Zain Qaiser: Student jailed for blackmailing porn users worldwide
Dominic Cacsiani reports: A student who made hundreds of thousands of pounds blackmailing pornography website users with cyber attacks has been jailed. Zain Qaiser from Barking, London, used his programming skills to scam visitors to pornography sites around the world. Investigators have discovered about £700,000 of his profits – but his network may have made…
BakerHostetler’s 5th Annual Data Security Incident Response Report Highlights Collision of Privacy, Cybersecurity and Compliance; Details Efforts to Minimize Risk
A press release from BakerHostetler that will be of interest to many readers. BakerHostetler’s privacy and data protection team released its 2019 Data Security Incident Response Report, which leverages the metrics and insights drawn from 750 potential incidents in 2018 to help entities identify and prioritize the measures necessary to address their digital risk posture….
AU: ASD confirms data stolen in Parliament IT breach
Justin Hendry reports: Australian Signals Directorate chief Mike Burgess has confirmed data was stolen by a state-sponsored actor during February’s malicious attack against Parliament House. In what appears to be the first public admission of the data exfiltration, Burgess told senate estimates last week that a limited amount of non-confidential data had made its way…