There’s a follow-up to an incident previously reported on this site. Nikhil Nilesh Shah, a former information technology manager at Smart Online, who pleaded guilty in August to sending damaging computer code to servers at his former employer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay pay $324,462 in restitution. SOURCE: U.S. Attorney’s…
NZ health board hit with ransomware
Sophie Ryan reports: Whanganui District Health Board has been targeted by hackers who infected its computers with a “ransomware” attack. […] Whanganui District Health Board’s information and communications technology manager Barry Morris said the threat from Locky had been contained and no ransom was paid to the hackers. Read more on New Zealand Herald.
Bronx Tax Preparer Sentenced to 9 Years for Stealing Children’s Identities
AccountingToday reports: A former New York tax preparer was sentenced to nine years in prison for filing thousands of fraudulent tax returns using the stolen identities of minors. Noel Cuello, 32, the former operator of a tax preparation business with multiple names and locations in the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court…
EWTN reports security breach of 425 employees’ data
It’s been a rough patch for EWTN Global Catholic Network. Last week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them in their appeal of ACA’s mandate requiring employer-sponsored health plans to provide coverage for contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs. The very next evening, they discovered they’d suffered a data breach involving all their U.S. employees after…
MasterCard Set for Global ‘Pay-by-Selfie’ Launch
Phil Muncaster reports: Credit card giant MasterCard is set to extend its ‘pay-by-selfie’ facial recognition technology to 14 countries including the UK this summer as part of its ongoing attempt to crack down on identity fraud. The firm told the FT that the decision was made after trials of the system in the US and the Netherlands…
Scottrade Faces Consolidated Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
There’s an update to the Scottrade breach previously reported on this blog. The breach, potentially impacting 4.6M customers, was disclosed in October 2015 but had reportedly occurred between late 2013 and early 2014. Three individuals were indicted in November, 2015. Now Top Class Actions reports that a consolidated data breach class action lawsuit was filed in…