DutchNews.nl reports: The Haga hospital in The Hague has given 85 members of staff an official warning for looking at the medical files of a television celebrity who was hospitalised after a suicide attempt. Samantha de Jong, better known as Barbie, was admitted to hospital in January after trying to kill herself. She had hardly…
MA: Leominster pays $10K in bitcoin ransom to undo cyberattack on schools
Paula J. Owen reports: The city paid $10,000 in bitcoin last week to cyber extortionists who infiltrated the school district’s computer systems over the April school break, according to city officials, affecting every school in the district. Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella called those who carried out the cyberattack “smart” and said they knew what they…
Equifax has spent $242.7 million on its data breach so far
Larry Dignan reports: Equifax’s first quarter earnings report highlighted expenses due to its September 2017 data breach and how the spending is shifting more toward IT and security. In its first quarter earnings report, Equifax outlined that it spent $45.7 million for the three months ended March 31 on IT and data security. The company…
Google accounts get new verification feature to prevent phishing attacks
Chris Smith reports: In an update on its G Suite blog, Google announced the other day a new security feature for Google account holders who also happen to rely on Chrome for their web browsing activities. Google wants to improve the security of your Google account by verifying that you’re indeed looking to sign into…
Man who hacked Washtenaw County computers gets 7 years in prison
Detroit Free Press reports the follow-up to a story originally reported in December: A man who hijacked Washtenaw County’s computer system and even altered jail records has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Konrads Voits has “extraordinary talents,” but he used them to “spend countless hours” trying to hack into local…
Three former Flint cops sold personal info of crash victims, feds claim
Dominic Adams reports: Three former Flint police officers sold stolen police reports that included the personal information of crash victims, which eventually wound up in the hands of doctors, chiropractors and personal injury lawyers, according to a recently filed federal indictment. More than 600 internal crash reports were stolen from the Flint Police Department and…