Matt Strong reports: Ryan Collins, the Pennsylvania man charged with hacking the Apple and Google accounts of several people, including many celebrities, has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), and one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, according to authorities. Prosecutors have recommended that Collins…
Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California members notified of HIPAA breach (updated)
The Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California has experienced a recent HIPAA security incident involving eligibility information. The Laborers’ Funds Administrative Office, who administers the Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California, recently generated and distributed IRS Form 1095-B to plan participants. On February 17, 2016, the Fund Office discovered that due to a…
Denver Police Using Sensitive Database for Personal Use
There’s nothing much new in here if you’ve followed this stuff for years, but some folks still need a reminder and wake-up call not to tolerate this type of insider wrongdoing: U.S. police officers in Denver, Colorado are only lightly punished if caught using confidential criminal databases for personal reasons like finding out a woman’s…
Authorities: List contains information of Minnesota officers
AP reports: Authorities said Tuesday that they are investigating after a list containing the personal information of several Minnesota police officers was posted online. The existence of the list was first reported Monday by the news site Vocativ, which says its analysts discovered that the names, phone numbers and addresses of 36 officers had been…
14,000 LAZ Parking employees have W-2 data stolen
Phillip Molnar reports on yet another breach of employee W-2 data via phishing: The tax and revenue information for roughly 14,000 employees of the third-largest parking company in the nation, which operates in San Diego and Los Angeles, may have been stolen by an “unknown individual,” the company says. LAZ Parking said Tuesday that the…
Yet more phishing-based compromises involving W-2 tax statement data (Update-24)
(Note: the following is not a complete list… it’s just a list I started after the first few posts on this topic suggested that there would be a lot more. See the “phishing” category of this site for earlier entries this year.) Reports continue to come in to state attorneys general involving the successful spear phishing…