Dave Kibler reports: Riverbend veterans will soon know if any of their personal information was compromised in a release of information by a former Veteran’s Affair employee in St. Louis. A total of 724 patient’s records were released by the former employee to an employee not involved in the medical care of those veterans. The VA’s…
NHS accused of covering up huge data loss that put thousands at risk
Denis Campbell and Pamela Duncan report: Thousands of patients are feared to have been harmed after the NHS lost more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including test results and treatment plans. In one of the biggest losses of sensitive clinical information in the NHS’s 69-year history, more than 500,000 pieces of patient data…
Niagara-Wheatfield School District warning of possible credit card fraud
Mia Summerson reports: Officials with the Niagara-Wheatfield School District are warning of a possible link between a recently used ticket sales platform and credit card fraud. Several people who purchased tickets online to attend Edward Town Middle School’s production of “The Lion King” are now reporting that they have become victims of credit card fraud….
ME: Belfast Police Warn of Security Breach at Credit Union
John Krinjak reports: Customers of Downeast Credit Union in Belfast are being urged to check their accounts, after more than two dozen people reported hundreds of dollars were stolen from their accounts. Complaints were called in to police Saturday that their accounts were compromised & funds were missing… According to police, someone installed a skimming…
Hacker Group Defaces Hundreds of Websites After Hacking UK Hosting Firm
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacking crew that goes by the name of National Hackers Agency (NHA) has defaced 605 websites in one go after they managed to get access to a server from UK hosting firm DomainMonster. The attacks, brought to Bleeping Computer’s attention by a member of another hacking crew, took place on Tuesday,…
Carders capitalize on Cloudflare problems, claim 150 million logins for sale
Steve Ragan reports: A carder forum is advertising a special deal to VIP members. The website claims to possess more than 150 million logins, from a number of services including Netflix and Uber. The source of this data collection are the accounts exposed due to a recent problem on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. But is this on…