UPDATE 9-21-2016 Over the past two days, DataBreaches.net provided the First Bank of Ohio with samples from two files that “Fear” claimed were from them. They have firmly denied that either file is theirs: These have nothing to do with us. The second group are businesses that are applying for liquor licenses in Ohio. The…
OK: Saint Francis Investigating Hack by Seeming TDO Copycats
Well, Saint Francis Health System ignored multiple inquiries from me about the alleged hack I reported on recently, but now they’ve apparently issued a statement. Amy Slanchik of Newson6 in Oklahoma reports, in part: Roberts said after working with forensics investigators, they discovered the information taken from the server appears to be a list of about…
Guilty Plea of Krystle Steed for Taking Over Hospital Patients’ Bank Accounts
There’s a follow-up on a case previously noted on this site in December of 2015. Here’s the new press release: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of KRYSTLE STEED, 31, for using personal information stolen from patients of Lenox Hill Hospital to take over victims’ bank accounts and place…
Nearly 800,000 FTP Servers Accessible Online Without Authentication
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A recent brute-force scan of FTP servers available online via an IPv4 address revealed that 796,578 boxes can be accessed without the need for any credentials. The perpetrator of this scan is a security researcher that goes by the name of Minxomat, owner of a cyber-security firm that performs these types of…
Tacoma 9-Year-Old Gets Explicit Report Card Through App Used by Teachers
Apps in education can be so useful, right? But are schools concerned enough about security for them before problems occur? Tribune Media Wire reports: A Tacoma mom said her 9-year-old daughter received a virtual report card over the weekend full of expletives and profanity. She said the grades game from someone claiming to be a…
NZ: Former Hawke’s Bay doctor struck off for ‘duping’ DHBs
Simon Hendery reports on a medical confidentiality/privacy breach in New Zealand. It is another one of those “small breach, BIG impact” breaches: A former Hawke’s Bay trainee doctor duped two district health boards into revealing confidential medical information about members of his family without their consent. Hirron Fernando then used the information from the Capital & Coast…