Esther Han reports: The private information of more than a million customers of online takeaway giant Menulog is at risk of being stolen, with experts deeming the website as “vulnerable” and “not secure”. Nicola Holden, from Victorian chain Pizza Fellas, said when she logged in to the Menulog website, she stumbled upon the names and…
Val Verde alerting patients after data breach discovered
Val Verde Regional Medical Center recently discovered a security breach involving a small number of the facility’s overall patient population. On or about Aug. 9, 2015, an independent healthcare provider downloaded unsecured protected health information and emailed it to a personal account without encryption protection. In addition, the independent contractor was not authorized to access…
Verizon Double-Take
Chris Vickery writes: I was surprised to read that the crooks nabbed a MongoDB from Verizon that is being sold on the black market for $100,000. The reason I’m surprised? Well, I discovered a highly similar Verizon breach this last December. Brian Krebs recently reported on a Verizon data breach here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/crooks-steal-sell-verizon-enterprise-customer-data I don’t know for…
UK cops tell suspect to hand over crypto keys in US hacking case
J. M. Porup reports: At a court hearing earlier this month, the UK’s National Crime Authority (NCA) demanded that Lauri Love, a British computer scientist who allegedly broke into US government networks and caused “millions of dollars in damage,” decrypt his laptop and other devices impounded by the NCA in 2013, leading some experts to warn that a…
Godiva workers’ IDs sold in Florida sting, feds say
Stephanie Allen reports: A Kissimmee man is facing federal charges alleging he sold hundreds of Godiva Chocolatier employees’ identities. Jonathan Munoz was arrested Thursday after meeting with an undercover Internal Revenue Service agent to allegedly sell a list of names, Social Security numbers and date of births, court documents state. Read more on Orlando Sentinel. So where…
Cumbrian hacker who attacked Moonpig avoids prison
Wow. This kid got off lightly, compared to what would likely have happened here in the U.S. News & Star reports that Anthony Luke Fulton was given a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, told to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay both a £100 victim surcharge and £100 in compensation…