David Crowder reports: In mid-April, computer hackers had five days’ access to the personal data of a reported 51 El Paso Independent School District employees and were able to redirect their April 15 paychecks. That’s what the district has told the employees who were hacked, including longtime teacher Anne Stewart. EPISD made good on the…
NY: Leader behind hospital ID theft ring takes plea deal
Rebecca Rosenberg reports an update to a case first noted in June, 2015: The leader of an identity theft ring that used stolen patient records purchased from a crooked hospital employee to pull off shopping sprees at major Manhattan department stores took a plea deal Monday. Fernando Salazar, 28, admitted to buying the records of 250 Montefiore…
KE: Safaricom calls for police investigation into data leak
Telecompaper reports: Kenyan operator Safaricom wants the police to investigate how confidential financial documents belonging to the firm were leaked. CEO Bob Collymore said the leaked report was in its initial stages, noting that no individuals or organisations benefited inappropriately from the company. After allegations arose of underhand dealings in Safaricom, Collymore commissioned KPMG to…
Slovenian student convicted after finding encryption flaws in government network
Paul Ducklin reports: A student from the University of Maribor in Slovenia has ended up with a prison sentence after finding cryptographic flaws in the country’s implementation of its secure communications system, known as TETRA. TETRA is short for Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a radio communications protocol that is widely used around the world, notably by law enforcement and…
How a Formula 1 team protects itself from hackers and data breaches
Danny Palmer of ZDNet spoke with Graeme Hackland, IT Director of Williams Martini Racing and Williams Advanced Engineering about the challenges and concerns they face, and how they approach it. If you’re a fan of F1, you may want to read it. If you’re not a fan of F1, what’s wrong with you?!
1.4 Billion Yen Stolen From 1,400 Japanese ATMs
Hamodia reports: Japanese police are investigating a case of international credit-card fraud in which about 1.44 billion yen, or more than $13 million, was illegally withdrawn with forged credit cards from 1,400 automated teller machines in convenience stores around Japan, according to investigative sources. Police suspect that a group of more than 100 people extracted…