A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Michael Meneses with hacking into the computer network of a company that manufactures high-voltage power supplies, causing the company over $90,000 in damage. Meneses was arrested earlier today in Smithtown, Long Island, and his initial appearance is scheduled…
University of Rochester Medical Center notifies patients of misplaced USB drive
The University of Rochester Medical Center has sent letters to a group of former orthopaedic patients, alerting them to the loss of protected health information. Earlier this week, URMC notified 537 patients that a resident physician misplaced a USB computer flash drive that carried protected health information. The flash drive was used to transport information…
Lessons from EDRM/FERC/Enron Data Privacy Breaches (updated)
Thanks to Joe Howie of BeyondRecognition.net for alerting me to what appears to be a very long-running, inadequately remedied breach that has exposed – and may be continuing to expose – the Social Security numbers and other personal information of thousands of people. I am posting this with some hesitation, as the data may still…
And so it begins… attorneys general investigating LivingSocial.com breach
Attorney General George Jepsen of CT and Attorney General Douglas Gansler of Maryland have written to LivingSocial to request more information on their recent breach and how it may impact consumers. Their actions were announced in a press release yesterday. The Attorneys General have asked the company to provide a detailed timeline of the incident,…
4.2 GB of Emails leaked from Italian Politicians by Anonymous
Anonymous hacktivist have today announced and leaked over 4 gigabyte of data from some Italian Politicians. The announcement first came from a simple pastebin post on the 24th of April titled "ANONYMOUS – MOVEMENT 5 STARS LEAK" which was a press release and a sample of what is to come. The leak has now been upload to well…
Update to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic breach
Back in February, I noted that the FBI had been called in to investigate a breach involving the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. A number of those who signed up for the event had reported credit card fraud. Now lawyers for Iron Horse Bicycle Classic have reported the breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office….