Catalin Cimpanu reports: Data breach index service LeakedSource has added a slew of new hacked websites to its database, including over 25 million user records from three compromised Mail.ru communities. The three communities are cfire.mail.ru (Cross Fire game), parapa.mail.ru (ParaPa Dance City game), and tanks.mail.ru (Ground War: Tank game). All communities were running older vBulletin…
Regina hospital employee caught snooping medical records, including ex-spouse’s
Alexa Huffman reports: A recent report by the Saskatchewan privacy and information commissioner has revealed a Regina General Hospital employee looked up the personal information of 35 people, including an ex-spouse. According to the Aug. 17 report, the Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority (RQRHA) received a complaint from a female patient on Oct. 15, 2015. A…
@d4rkarmy Zine, Extortion, Leaks, 0days claims
Early today, a twitter account @d4rkarmy announced a ZINE which contains some interesting points but is still yet to be fully validated agasint its claims. For readers who do not know, a ZINE is a index of self published work taken from the old-school hacker days when BBS was common and twitter was not even…
Turkish Hackers Launch Second Cyber-Attack on Killeen’s Website
Some hacktivism activities are easier for me to understand than others. On August 16, Stephen Adams and Brandon Gray reported that the City of Killeen (Texas) website was hacked for the second time in roughly three months: Visitors to the website were welcomed to a message of “HACKED BY llJACKSPARROWll” along with an image of a Turkish Flag and Turkey…
SCAN Health Plan notifying members of unauthorized access to their information (UPDATED)
SCAN Health Plan is notifying some members of a potential breach that may have begun on March 4. From an FAQ on the incident, they explain: August 22, 2016 Keeping your information private is something we take very seriously. This notice will explain what happened and what SCAN is doing to protect you. What Happened? On June 27,…
Dominican Hospital notifies patients whose PHI was sent to wrong health plan
Dominican Hospital, part of Dignity Health, is notifying patients whose protected health information was securely, but erroneously, transmitted to an incorrect health plan on July 16. The error was detected on July 28. According to a copy of the notification letters dated August 18, some patients were notified that the information included their name, account number, admission date, length…