A Tampa woman was found guilty for her role in an identity theft ring during which conspirators ripped off credit card numbers from unsuspecting customers at International Plaza. Viviana Reyes, 40, was convicted of credit card fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and identity theft, according to the U.S. Department…
Commentary: Shooting the Messenger is Not an Effective Incident Response Strategy (updated)
A PHIprivacy.net commentary. In another post this morning, I described a very worrisome breach involving Lanap & Dental Implants of Pennsylvania. Our awareness of that breach is due to one person’s persistent efforts to shine some light on it. He responsibly contacted the dental practice over a year ago to alert them when he discovered…
Thousands of Pennsylvania dental patients may be at lifetime risk of ID theft after patient database is uploaded to torrent sites
Dave Bohman of WNEP recently reported on a breach involving Lanap & Dental Implants of Pennsylvania. The breach involved someone uploading a copy of the dental group’s practice management software (Dentrix) to a torrent site. The upload didn’t just contain the software, however. It also contained unencrypted patient record databases. As a result, over 11,000 patients – mostly…
Dentrix Data Leak Report and Analysis
Recently a dentist PMS (practice management software) was discovered to be uploaded some time ago to well known public torrent trackers. The PMS is a software installation of Dentrix version 11 and is a full installation that appears to be registered to LANAP and Implant Center of Pennsylvania (www.perioimplants.us) according to wnep.com who did the…
Ukrainian “criminal pioneer” sentenced to 18 years for US cybercrimes
A Ukrainian national referred to by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as “one of the world’s most prolific cybercriminals” and by prosecutors as a “criminal pioneer” was sentenced by a US federal court Thursday to 18 years in prison in connection with his role in co-founding a website that operated as a marketplace for…
PA: Devon man, computer hacker known as ‘Green,’ sentenced for stealing usernames
Alex Wigglesworth reports: A judge has sentenced a Pennsylvania man to 18 months in prison for a hacking scheme in which he stole login credentials for a number of computer networks, then sold access to them to third parties. Andrew James Miller, 24, of Devon, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy and computer fraud. According…