Back in June, this site noted that the majority of victims of TheDarkOverlord had not reported the claimed breaches to HHS and that this site had filed a Freedom of Information request with HHS seeking any records on those breaches. That FOIA request included an incident involving the medical practice of Drs. Feinstein & Roe…
Judge Cracks Down on LinkedIn’s Shameful Abuse of Computer Break-In Law
Jamie Williams and Amul Kalia write: Good news out of a court in San Francisco: a judge just issued an early ruling against LinkedIn’s abuse of the notorious Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to block a competing service from perfectly legal uses of publicly available data on its website. LinkedIn’s behavior is just the…
Two million customers pillaged in CeX hack attack
Iain Thomson reports: Second-hand electronics dealership CeX has warned two million customers their personal information may have been stolen. Several Reg readers dropped us a line after receiving an email from the company that informed them their personal information including first name, surname, address, email address and phone number had been accessed by hackers. …
Swedish slip-up leaks hosting company’s customer data
Richard Chirgwin reports: A major Swedish web hosting has been compromised and its entire customer database leaked. The company, Loopia, made the announcement here, saying the breach happened last Tuesday (August 22), and it notified customers on Friday, advising of a system-wide password reset and telling them to update their personal information. Read more on…
Personal info, Social Security numbers for lacrosse players posted on MLL website
WHEC reports: Major League Lacrosse is investigating a massive data leak that exposed every individual player’s personal information. According to an email the league sent to all players Monday evening — that was in turn sent to News10NBC by a player — a link on one of their website pages mistakenly re-directed browsers to a…
More details emerge on NHS Lanarkshire ransomware attack
The cyber attack that led to operations and appointments being cancelled at NHS Lanarkshire was another “ransomware” case, Neil Pooran reports: The malicious software has been identified as a programme called Bitpaymer, a new type of ransomware which was able to get past existing security measures. Bitpaymer locks away files and demands payments in Bitcoins,…