Paul Sperry reports: Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian intelligence, knowledgeable sources say. What started out 16 months ago as a scandal involving the alleged theft of computer equipment from Congress has turned into a national-security investigation involving…
Tx: Institute for Women’s Health warns patients personal data compromised in network hack
Samantha Ehlinger reports: The Institute for Women’s Health warned patients that hackers may have stolen some of their personal information or credit or debit card data, the physicians’ group said Thursday. The San Antonio OBGYN practice said a so-called keylogger virus was installed on its network on June 5. The virus was discovered July 6…
Delaware Adds More Stringent Data Breach Notice Requirements
Leslie A. Pappas reports: Companies doing business in Delaware have until spring 2018 to meet more stringent data breach notification requirements under a new law signed Aug. 17. Companies will be required to tell state residents affected by a data breach within 60 days and notify the state attorney general if a breach affects more…
HBO hackers obtained all of HBO’s social media logins and GIPHY credentials
A new email arrived from “Mr. Smith” yesterday. It announced that the HBO “Giphy” platform had been hacked by the same group that hacked Game of Thrones. But it was more than just the GIPHY program access that was hacked. Attached to the email from Mr. Smith was a file with HBO’s passwords for all…
Pacific Alliance Medical Center notifies 266,123 patients of ransomware incident
From their web site, the following breach notification. According to their report to HHS, 266,123 patients were notified. Notice of Data Breach At Pacific Alliance Medical Center (PAMC), we understand that the confidentiality and security of medical and personal information is critically important, and we are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this post…
UK: Anonymous hacker claims to have stolen the NHS medical records of 1.2million Brits
Shaun Wooler reports: A computer geek with alleged links to global hacking group Anonymous has stolen patient data from an NHS appointment booking system. The crook breached a private contractor’s security to access a database containing confidential records on up to 1.2million people. SwiftQueue is paid by eight NHS trusts to manage a website, through…