Serajul Quadir reports: Investigators suspect unknown hackers installed malware in the Bangladesh central bank’s computer systems and watched, probably for weeks, for how to go about withdrawing money from its U.S. account, two bank officials briefed on the matter said on Friday. More than a month after hackers breached Bangladesh Bank’s systems and attempted to…
HawkingTech.com compromised – again
Well, I emailed Hawking Technology (HawkingTech.com) on March 8 and again on March 10, and they never replied, but because some of their data have been publicly dumped, I may as well post this. There were over 25,000 rows with fields for username, password, and email address in the data dump. The passwords were MD5 and easily cracked, including…
And the phishes just keep on coming…. for your W-2 data
Another day, another successful phish compromising employee data. Add Endologix to any list you’re compiling. You’ve probably already added Seagate, right? DataXu may also have been a victim of this type of attack; it’s not totally clear from their notification. And did I remember to tell you about Information Innovators? Or that York Hospital might have been…
Former Healthcare Employee Indicted for Involvement in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme and Unauthorized Disclosure of Patient Information
Another one of those all-too-infrequent criminal cases for violations of HIPAA, tacked on to the usual charges…. A Montgomery, Alabama resident self-surrendered earlier today after she was indicted March 3 on one count of multi-object conspiracy to commit identity theft and wire fraud, two counts of possessing 15 or more unauthorized access devices, two counts…
Another intriguing development concerning Tiversa, Inc.
No, this site isn’t turning into a gossip rag. At least, I hope it’s not, but…. As I reported last week, Tiversa appeared to have been raided on March 3. Tiversa gave me a “no comment” when I asked them to confirm or deny that, and I’ve still gotten no response from Robert Boback, which in and of itself…
EXCLUSIVE: One month later, some south Florida confidential records databases still not secured (UPDATED)
Almost one month after confidential records of thousands of south Florida law enforcement officials and judges was hacked and dumped online, some of the hacked databases are still not secured, the individual who claims to have hacked them tells DataBreaches.net. Updated March 14: Dougan informs DataBreaches.net that the FBI just raided his house. More on this…