Heather Nolan reports: A former Covington chiropractor has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 30 counts of health care fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite Jr. David Lee Killen, 42, is accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, Polite’s office said in a news release…
#OpIndependence. Confidential e-mails of Klitschko leaked
Hello We are Anonymous Ukraine We’ve hacked e-mail account of Laurynas Jonavicius – the adviser to the President of Lithuania. We’ve downloaded all the e-mails that were sent to him and discovered letters from Vitali Klitschko. The content of these letters shows how Western countries finance and control Vitali Klitschko through intermediary of Lithuanian government….
Hackers circulate thousands of FTP credentials, New York Times among those hit
Jeremy Kirk reports: Hackers are circulating credentials for thousands of FTP sites and appear to have compromised file transfer servers at The New York Times and other organizations, according to a security expert. The hackers obtained credentials for more than 7000 FTP sites and have been circulating the list in underground forums, said Alex Holden,…
Paragon Benefits employee pleads guilty to stealing TSYS and Kelley Mfg. employee data
Brittany Dionne reports the update to a case previously noted on this blog: The man accused of identity theft of more than 5,000 people at TSYS has pleaded guilty. Drew Johnson pleaded guilty to Unlawful Transfer and Possession or Use of a Means of Identification this morning at the federal courthouse in Columbus. The 26-year-old…
TN: Bag stolen from Memphis VA provider compromises veterans' info
Shay Harris reports: United States Veteran Levern Garner received a letter from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis two weeks before Christmas. “The letter stated some information had come up missing off the VA property,” said Garner. The missing documents included Garner’s personal information to be exact. According to the letter written by VA…
Vendors aren't interested in cybersecurity, medtech hacker says
Arezu Sarvestani reports: Cybersecurity expert and medical device hacker Florian Grunow has faced more hurdles than help in trying to get medical device companies interested in putting security measures into their network-connected devices, he told an audience at last year’s European DeepSec conference. Vendors aren’t thinking about security and they’re not interested in discussing it…