WILX reports: About six months ago, a medical billing company was hacked and patients information was compromised. One Lansing woman says she’s still dealing with the aftermath. Joanne Fink says she’s getting calls from companies referencing her specific medical conditions. She believes it’s related to the data breach at Wolverine Solutions Group. Read more on…
Due Process for Alleged Student Hacker?
Lindsay McKenzie reports: Just four months before she was due to graduate, Tiffany Filler was expelled from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Leaders at Tufts say Filler hacked into university systems and changed her grades. Filler says she has proof she didn’t do it. Tufts is standing by its decision. But…
Toyota announces second security breach in the last five weeks; this one impacts 3.1 million
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Japanese car maker Toyota announced its second data breach today, making it the second cyber-security incident the company acknowledged in the past five weeks. While the first incident took place at its Australian subsidiary, today’s breach was announced by the company’s main offices in Japan. The company said hackers breached its IT…
Security researcher pleads guilty to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo
Tom Warren reports: A 24-year-old security researcher narrowly avoided prison today, after admitting to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo servers and stealing confidential information. Zammis Clark, known online as Slipstream or Raylee, was charged on multiple counts of computer misuse offenses in a London Crown Court on Thursday, and pleaded guilty to hacking into Microsoft…
New Shodan Tool Warns Organizations of Their Internet-Exposed Devices
Kelly Jackson Higgins reports: Famed Internet search engine Shodan this week rolled out a service that helps solve the underlying problem its tool exposes: The new Shodan Monitor alerts organizations about their devices left exposed on the public Internet. […] Matherly says setting up Shodan Monitor – which is free to all paying Shodan members – takes…
Ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty to vast classified data leak, faces 9 years in prison
Sean Lyngaas reports: A former National Security Agency contractor accused of one of the largest breaches of classified data in U.S. history pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count and faces a total of nine years in federal prison. Appearing solemn and weary in federal court in Baltimore, Harold T. Martin III, 54, seemed to embrace his…