March 23, 2018. Salem, OR—The Oregon Department of Revenue has detected a security incident that involved approximately 36,000 individuals with records at the department. The facts of the incident are summarized below, along with protective measures the department has taken since discovering the incident. The potentially impacted information from the files included data such as…
Oklahoma man pleads guilty to using stolen medical records for identity theft
KXII reports: One of two men suspected of of using stolen medical records to commit identity theft has pleaded guilty in federal court. 34-year-old Robert Bond of Thackerville pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Read more on KXII. The report doesn’t indicate from where the medical records were stolen,…
Aadhaar hearing: Supreme Court expresses concerns with data breaches, Aadhaar security and profiling
It sounds like the Supreme Court of India was asking UIDAD some appropriate questions about the Aadhaar system. Asheeta Regidi reports: On Day 22 of the Aadhaar hearing, the CEO of the UIDAI, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, completed his PowerPoint presentation before the Supreme Court and answered the questioned posed by the petitioners. The bench posed…
Broker Watchdogs Accused of Letting Sensitive Data Go Public
Benjamin Bain reports: A whistle-blower is accusing some key financial regulators of allowing sensitive broker information to become readily accessible, even as industry watchdogs emphasized the need for companies to protect client data. According to a complaint lodged with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, personal data such as brokerage account numbers provided to an…
Hackers steal 2.6 million Haryana power consumers’ data, demand $10 million ransom in BTC
For those like me who don’t automatically remember different systems: 26 lakh = 2.6 million, and 1 crore = USD $10 million. Statesman News Service reports: The billing data of over 26-lakh consumers with the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN), one of the two power discoms in the state, has been stolen and the…
India: 1,020 bank accounts were used for phishing attacks
PTI reports that fraudsters used more than 1,000 bank accounts as part of a phishing scheme: “As per the details shared by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), complaints were received regarding e-wallet scam involving 1,020 bank accounts in 351 bank branches of public and private sector banks (13 banks),” Minister of State for Electronics and…