Brian Dowling reports: A cyber scammer stole nearly $94,000 in public funds from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center last year, with news of the theft-by-email taking 8 months to reach the quasi-public agency’s board of directors, according to a state audit. A review by State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump found the clean energy agency “unwittingly…
HealthEquity reports email breach that compromised health information
ClickOnDetroit reports a press release from HealthEquity. From the notification/press release: HealthEquity has notified individuals potentially impacted by a security incident. A single employee’s email account was accessed by an unauthorized individual that may have culminated in disclosure of protected health information. The incident occurred on April 11, 2018 and was discovered on April 13,…
OH: Hackers try to hold Jefferson computers at ransom
Justin Dennis reports: Village officials were alarmed, but ultimately unscathed, after a ransomware virus found its way onto a village computer late last month. The infamous strain of malicious software threatens to wipe out affected computers unless victims pay the hackers a ransom before a deadline. The same ransomware attack struck Jefferson village and at…
Slovakia is facing multiple attacks by hackers
The Slovak Spectator reports: The Slovak online space has been facing massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by hackers from all over the world in recent days, the National Network and Electronic Services Agency (NASES) reported on June 12. Besides other Slovak websites, the hackers have attacked the Slovak Hydro-meteorological Institute (SHMÚ) website –…
Hackers can summon Cortana to break into Windows 10 PCs
Tom Warren reports: Microsoft has issued a Windows 10 security update to prevent hackers from breaking into PCs using Cortana. Microsoft’s digital assistant is built into every version of Windows 10, McAfee security researchers discovered it could be summoned from a lock screen to execute malicious software. Any potential hacker would need physical access to…
Dixons Says Almost 6 Million Cards Targeted in Cyberattack
Eric Pfanner and Sam Chambers report: A cyberattack at Dixons Carphone Plc affected almost 6 million payment cards as hackers sought access to customers’ personal data in another challenge for new Chief Executive Officer Alex Baldock. The retailer, already struggling with a slowing mobile phone market in the U.K. and the rise of Amazon.com Inc.,…