The leak of more than 50 million Turkish citizens’ information in 2015 and 2016 was cause for great concern. Now Kevin Collier reports on a claimed hack involving Turkish citizens’ information that involves very sensitive personal and medical information. The hack was first reported by Hurriyet. Collier reports: A self-proclaimed member of the hacktivist group Anonymous has…
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NZ: Teen hacks up to $260,000
Police estimate a Gisborne teenager’s internet banking fraud could now have a tally as high as $260,000. Jake Kyle Hall, 19, yesterday pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court to about 95 more fraud charges. He had already pleaded guilty last December to about 80 charges, with a total of his unlawful takings estimated at that time…
Children’s National Medical Center blames former transcription vendor for privacy breach
In March, 2015, the D.C.-based Children’s National Medical Center notified 18,000 patients of a breach that occurred between July 26, 2014 and December 26, 2014 after employees fell for phishing emails. In May, 2015, they were sued over that breach. Now, CNMC has disclosed another breach, this one involving a former vendor who provided medical transcription services. Their press…
Stolen billing vendor’s laptop held patient info from 8 medical facilities
EqualizeRCM Services is a vendor providing billing and collection services to healthcare providers. In compliance with HIPAA, it has Business Associate contracts with its clients, who provide it with the information needed to fulfill its functions. The firm has headquarters in Austin, Texas, and offices in Houston and Washington, D.C. On February 29, EqualizeRCM learned that a…
Stolen flash drive compromises 2,374 Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin dental patients’ information
Akanksha Jayanthi reports that Oneida Health Center in Wisconsin has reported a data breach after a flash drive containing details of patients’ dental information was stolen. The health center, which serves a federally recognized tribe of Onedia people in the Oneida Nation, reported the theft to law enforcement Feb. 17, the same day the flash…
Meanwhile, back at the phishing for W-2 department…
After 24 days of updating my scratch list of incidents involving phishing for W-2 information (business email compromise), I decided to take stock and try to organize what we have so far. I was surprised to see that there were already 90 incidents (make that 126 as of May 18th). Most of these entries were found…