Catalin Cimpanu reports: Over 45,000 users have left one-star reviews on a company’s Facebook page after the business reported a security researcher to police and had him arrested in the middle of the night instead of fixing a reported bug. The arrest took place this week in Hungary after an 18-year-old found a flaw in…
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Calling time of death on HHS’s “breach tool”
I was excited back in 2010 when HHS started posting breaches on what some would call the “wall of shame.” I knew that we’d only learn about breaches involving HIPAA-covered entities, but at least we were finally starting to get some actual data. Now, more than 6 years later, it’s become clear to me that it’s probably best to just call time of death…
Confidential medical records from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital exposed online by vendor’s error
Vendor’s error appears to have exposed personal and confidential medical data of patients seen at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center since 2014; Records also include addiction histories, psych histories, and histories of physical or sexual abuse; Hospital investigating to determine what happened and who may have accessed data. By now, you may be tired of reading reports on misconfigured MongoDB installations…
Texas man charged with cyberstalking FBI agent detained without bail
Good Friday turned out not to be a good day for Justin Shafer. The 37 year-old dental IT technician had been arrested on March 31 and charged with cyberstalking an FBI agent and the agent’s family under 18 U.S. Code § 2261A(2)(B). On April 14, he was taken back into custody, this time for violating release conditions. Shafer’s…
A puzzling private industry notification from the FBI (UPDATED)
Update of March 31: Tonight, Justin Shafer contacted this site to report that the FBI was raiding him again – for the third time – and this time, they had an arrest warrant for him. DataBreaches.net is waiting to get additional details and will post something when we know more. Original post: On March 22,…
2016: Healthcare data breaches in review, Part 1
There were a number of year-in-review analyses for the healthcare sector, but now Protenus has released its report, which is based on analyses of 450 U.S. incidents first disclosed in 2016. The incidents were compiled by DataBreaches.net, who also provided some of the analyses. While some media outlets still headline external hacks where massive numbers of records…