This case has been going on for years. You can find previous coverage of it on this site either by searching for individual defendants’ names or searching for “Alabama Department of Corrections.” From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama on November 9: A Phenix City, Alabama resident was convicted today by a federal…
Malaysia’s CIMB says backup tapes with customer data lost
Malaysia’s CIMB Group Holdings said some magnetic tapes containing back-up customer data were lost during routine operations, but added that there has been no evidence that any data has been compromised, Reuters reported on Monday. Malaysia’s second biggest lender said the tapes do not contain any authentication data such as pin numbers, passwords or credit…
Muslim Hacktivists Hack ISIS website; expose 2,000 subscribers list
Waqas reports: A group of Muslim hacktivists from Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah, the Sunni sect of Islam and going by the online handle of Di5s3nSi0N hacked the official website of ISIS/ISIL (Daesh) and leaked a list of more than 2000 people who had subscribed to the site’s newsletter and updates through email. A week ago, the…
Fasten data leak: Nearly 1 million users’ sensitive data mistakenly exposed by US ride-hailing firm
India Ashok reports: Over one million users’ personal and financial data was inadvertently publicly exposed by US-based ride hailing firm Fasten. The leaked data includes names, emails, phone numbers, credit card data, links to photos, device IMEI numbers, GPS data and users’ taxi routes. The firm also exposed sensitive information of its own drivers, including…
Medical records stolen from Roger Williams Medical Center
Susan Campbell reports: Medical records and other personal information for dozens of patients were stolen from Roger Williams Medical Center, Eyewitness News has learned. An individual broke into the registration area of the hospital on Sept. 13, 2017, and stole paperwork including the medical information of more than 60 patients, according to Otis Brown, vice…
Equifax spends $87.5 million on data breach, more expenses on deck
Larry Dignan reports: Equifax spent $87.5 million in the third quarter on its recent data breach. The disclosure, which came amid an earnings report that showed revenue growth of 4 percent to $834.8 million and net income of $96.3 million. In other words, the data breach affecting 145 million Equifax customers dented the cash cow,…