A prolific computer hacker has been jailed for 10 years and eight months for stealing financial data and passwords belonging to tens of thousands of people in order to sell the information on the dark web. Grant West, 26, sent “phishing” emails, designed to look as if they came from legitimate businesses, to target customers…
Aetna, still looking for scapegoat in HIV disclosure fiasco, sues plaintiffs firms
This case is the stuff derisive tweeters live for. Seriously. Aetna is only making itself look worse and worse. Alison Frankel reports: Aetna has intensified its search for someone else to blame for a settlement notification fiasco that has so far put the company on the hook for nearly $20 million. Aetna stands accused, as…
Aultman data breach may have accessed patient information
Canton Repository reports: About 42,600 patients tied to AultWorks Occupational Medicine, Aultman Hospital, and some Aultman physician offices may have had personal health and identification information stolen in a data breach. Aultman Health Foundation said in a news release issued Friday that unknown and unauthorized individuals gained access to certain email accounts in February and…
NY: Monroe County Clerk tossing personal, sensitive DMV customer information in the trash
WHEC has the story, brought to them by a consumer who observed employees just tossing records with personal information: Mottshaw says he refuses to give his social security number out because his identity has been stolen before. When he was at the DMV in Henrietta he says he saw employees throw documents in the garbage….
T-Mobile bug let anyone see any customer’s account details
Zack Whittaker reports: A bug in T-Mobile’s website let anyone access the personal account details of any customer with just their cell phone number. The flaw, since fixed, could have been exploited by anyone who knew where to look — a little-known T-Mobile subdomain that staff use as a customer care portal to access the…
Humana notifies members after it detects suspicious behavior in its interactive voice response system
Here’s something we don’t see everyday, and it involves Kentucky-based health insurer Humana. Humana’s technology team became suspicious after there were a number of calls to an 800 number of Humana’s that involved their Interactive Voice Response system where the caller was able to authenticate as a member by providing date of birth, zip code, and…