Patrick Sawer reports: Criminals are selling the stolen credit and debit card details of 100,000 Britons on the internet in new market said to be “the largest and most brazen of its kind”. For as little as £1.67 banking details stolen from more than a million people worldwide can be bought from the website on…
KY: Retired firemen address board after newsletter containing sensitive information circulates
Lana Bellamy reports: A group of firefighters are concerned about possible identity theft in light of the publication of sensitive personal information on Ashland Commissioner Kevin Gunderson’s electronic newsletter. Last month, Gunderson’s regular electronic newsletter “Kevin Mail” had documents attached containing the names, partial Social Security numbers and pension member identification numbers on invoices related…
NY: Phishing scheme may have resulted in tax refund fraud
There’s an update to a reported phishing attack involving Hudson City School District. John Mason and Roger Hannigan report: The phishing scam that netted the Social Security numbers of all Hudson City School District staff members has moved in a troubling new direction. Several staff members, according to District Superintendent Maria Suttmeier, have started to…
NOT SO SECURUS: PART 2 Lawyers Speak Out About Massive Hack of Prisoners’ Phone Records
The Intercept follows up on its earlier report in which a hack of Securus revealed that 70 million phone calls had been recorded – many involving what should be privileged communications between attorneys and their clients. Jordan Smith and Micah Lee report: The Intercept’s analysis, to the contrary, estimated that the hacked data included at least…
Massive number of South African websites hacked by Anonymous
Jan Vermeulen reports: A hacker who identifies with the Anonymous collective Team Hack Argentino, and goes by @TobitowTHA on Twitter, has claimed responsibility for defacing over 200 South African websites. Tobitow posted links to the sites on Twitter, indicating that the defacement was in support of Operation Africa (#OpAfrica). Read more on MyBroadband.
VA: Fourth time’s the charm for fired UVA nurse
In most cases, I’d want a medical center to discipline or terminate an employee who snooped in a patient’s records. But here’s an unusual case where a medical center improperly fired an employee who had been authorized by the patient – who was both an employee and her ex-spouse – to look at his records….