Maxine Bernstein reports: A Portland man accused of obtaining unauthorized access to the software supporting a zombie-themed survival video game and then creating a competitor online game faces federal indictment. Brent Junker, who goes by the aliases “the domo” and “therussianknight” is charged with three counts of conspiracy to obtain unauthorized access to a protected computer….
Personally Identifiable Information Found on 40 Percent of Used Devices in Largest Study To-Date
The headline pretty much says it all. The study was conducted by an association with a self-serving interest, but here’s the press release: The National Association for Information Destruction (NAID ) announced today the results of the largest study to date of the presence of personally identifiable information (PII) on electronic devices sold on the…
Nursing home employee arrested after filming senior residents having sex, posted video online
SOTT reports: A nursing home employee in Florida is in police custody on Wednesday after detectives say she filmed two senior residents having sex without their knowledge or consent and shared the video with her followers on Snapchat in August. The victims, who haven’t been identified are an 81-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man. Authorities have identified…
Urology Austin notifies patients of ransomware attack
A ransomware attack was reported by Urology Austin as affecting 279,663 patients. From their notification letter: On January 22, 2017, Urology Austin was the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted the data stored on our servers. Within minutes, we were alerted to the attack, our computer network was shut down, and we began an investigation….
No bail for 3 Romanians in ATM hack
Mars W. Mosqueda Jr. reports: The three Romanians arrested for alleged involvement in the skimming of automated teller machines (ATM) will not be allowed to post bail. The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office indicted Costel Ion, Ionut Alexandru Mitrache and Razvan Aurelian Stancu for violations of the Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998 (RA 8484) and…
Coastal Carolina University works to recover money stolen in phishing scam
Lisa Gresci reports: Coastal Carolina University continues to work to recover money that was stolen from the college in a phishing scam. A release from CCU stated an individual who claimed to represent a company under contract with the university contacted its financial services via email and requested to change the company’s bank account information….