CINCINNATI, OH: On February 23, 2016, many people began receiving a fraudulent email titled “Important Information: invoice 11471” from an unauthorized person who had accessed Mayfield Brain & Spine’s account at an outside vendor. This email was not sent by Mayfield. Mayfield notified recipients of the malicious email as soon as possible that same day,…
Are You in the Panama Papers? Huge Database Is Released to Public
Denisse Moreno reports: People are now able to search for anyone’s name in the Panama Papers through a database provided by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on May 9. The Mossack Fonseca data leak released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and other news organizations last month contains 11.5 million records from…
Ca: Confidential patient records accessed by Inuvik Hospital employees
Following up on an investigation first disclosed in February, CBC News reports: The Beaufort Delta Health Authority confirmed today that there was a breach of patients’ health records by employees at the Inuvik Hospital. The hospital said it has sent letters to 67 patients informing them their health records had been compromised. Read more on…
Man admits hacking to celebrities and stealing scripts
AP reports: A Bahamian man pleaded guilty to hacking into celebrities’ email accounts to steal unreleased movie and TV scripts, a crime that prosecutors say could have caused great harm to networks and movie studios if he had succeeded in selling them for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Alonzo Knowles, 24, entered the plea in…
Syrian hacker extradited to the United States from Germany
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Ellen Nakashima reports: An alleged hacker with the Syrian Electronic Army, a group that supports the Syrian government, has been extradited to the United States from Germany on charges of conspiracy linked to a hacking-related extortion scheme, U.S. officials said Monday. Peter Romar, 36,…
Federal Insider FDIC reports five ‘major incidents’ of cybersecurity breaches since fall
Joe Davidson reports: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on Monday retroactively reported to Congress that five additional “major incidents” of data breaches have occurred since Oct. 30. FDIC also is launching “a new initiative to enhance security.” The incidents involved the breach of taxpayers’ personally identifiable information, The Washington Post has learned. In each…