Shawn Shinneman reports: The Office of the Attorney General hasn’t disciplined a single Texas company for failing to notify customers of a data breach – and records show it is only directly notified of a small portion of the incidents, the Dallas Business Journal has learned. The issue could stem from the way Texas’ cybersecurity…
Illinois, Arizona election officials report voter registration database intrusions
Rick Pearson reports: Ilinois State Board of Elections officials said Monday they believe personal information from fewer than 200,000 voters was hacked through a cyber attack of possible foreign origin that began in June and was halted a month later. Ken Menzel, general counsel for the elections board, said no files of registered voters were…
Appalachian Regional Hospitals on emergency operations plan; computers shut down after malware injection
Daniel Tyson reports: Appalachian Regional Hospitals in Beckley and Summers County computer systems were breached Saturday afternoon, but company officials were tight-lipped as to the extent or what information was seized by the hackers. The hospitals’ parent company, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, issued a two-paragraph statement that their hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are on…
Sri Lankan President’s website defaced twice within two days
From the-kids-are-trying-get-your-attention dept., ANI reports: Hackers tampered with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website ‘www.president.gov.lk’ on two consecutive days. The first attack occurred on Thursday evening, when hackers hijacked the site and posted a message in Sinhala, reports the Lanka Page. The message, which was posted under the name “The Sri Lankan Youth,” made…
Lewis-Palmer School District tries to downplay vulnerability and chill a concerned parent’s speech
Back in May and then again in July, I noted several articles about Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in Colorado. A parent had raised concerns about whether the Infinite Campus platform might have compromised more than 2,000 students’ personal and academic information. The parent also alleged that the district had known about the problem since September…
Ca: Data theft leads to four-year jail term
The Barrie Examiner reports: On March 13, 2013, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a stolen motor vehicle northbound on the 400 Highway at Mapleview Drive in Barrie. Two males were arrested and charged. Further investigation lead to 2,500 counterfeit and stolen credit numbers, counterfeit Ontario Driver licenses and a template to manufacture…