Austin Manual Therapy Association recently notified HHS of a hacking incident that reportedly affected 1,750 of their patients. That incident was first reported on DataBreaches.net on October 18, after TheDarkOverlord (TDO) had publicly claimed in tweets to have hacked them. TDO’s tweets had also suggested that they had made an extortion demand on the therapy…
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October health data breach stats continue painting a grim picture
Protenus recently released its Breach Barometer report for health data breaches in the U.S. that were first disclosed in October. Their analyses are based on 37 incidents compiled by DataBreaches.net, as below: Advanced Spine & Pain Center Aetna Amida Care Arch City Dental, LLC – Drs. Baloy and Donatelli Atlanta Asthma and Allergy, Austin Manual…
Court dates set in Justin Shafer case
On Friday, December 1, lawyers for an infosec researcher who has been in jail since April will argue that U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey should release Justin Shafer from jail while he awaits trial. For those who are not familiar with the case, Shafer, a dental integrator technician and independent infosecurity researcher, faces federal…
Charities unprepared for cyber attack risk
Recently, in an encrypted chat, a spokesperson for TheDarkOverlord (TDO) commented to me how their attack on Little Red Door in Indiana is still getting media attention. Not surprisingly to me, attacking a charity that helps cancer patients seemed to generate a particularly strong emotional response among members of the pubic. Well, that and threatening…
Is a vendetta by the FBI keeping an innocent man in jail, or has DOJ just lost its mind altogether?
I’ve had enough. Actually, I’ve had more than enough. I should have written this post months ago. Last week I received notice from Twitter Legal that they had been served with a grand jury subpoena for my account information. Also listed in the grand jury subpoena were four other Twitter accounts, only one of which…
Protenus releases its Breach Barometer report for September
You can access their report here. Once again, we saw insider wrongdoing breaches taking a long time to discover. Hacking accounted for 50% of the 46 breaches we recorded for the month, and eight of the hacks also involved extortion demands. If you’re thinking, “That sounds like TheDarkOverlord,” give yourself a pat on the back….