On March 13, the Iowa City Press-Citizen published a front-page story that quoted from a psychologist’s letter about a patient seeking a gun permit. That patient was subsequently involved in a standoff with police in which he shot and injured three North Liberty police officers, and he was shot and killed by police. In response to…
More problems for Subway: Feds charge two men in plot to sell hacked Subway gift cards worth $40,000
Cyrus Farivar reports that Subway, who had previous hacking problems, has had other problems: Two California men were charged in a case involving hacking point-of-sale (POS) computers at various Subway restaurants in a newly unsealed indictment on Friday in Boston. The two suspects are Shahin Abdollahi, aka “Sean Holdt,” and Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson, both of…
Lawmakers: Tougher computer hacking laws may be needed
Grant Gross reports: Congress may need to create stiffer penalties for criminal computer hacking to deter the growing number of attacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, some lawmakers said Wednesday. Congress may revisit the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the oft-amended law first passed in 1984, in an effort to counter widespread cyberattacks…
Fake fingers fool punch-in clock in Brazil
WLS-TV/DT reports: The Brazilian newspaper O Globo is reporting that a doctor in Sao Paulo was arrested after being caught in the act of using fake fingers made of silicone and imprinted with real finger prints to defraud a hospital’s biometric punch-in clock. The news report says the doctor, Thauane Nunes Ferreira, was detained and…
Google launches site to help webmasters of hacked sites
Juan Carlos Perez reports: Google has launched a site for webmasters whose sites have been hacked, something that the company says happens thousands of times every day. The new site features articles and videos designed to help webmasters identify, diagnose and recover from hacks. Read more on Computerworld.
Massachusetts EMR firm reports breach
Here’s another case, not yet reported in the media, involving insider wrongdoing and electronic medical records: On Tuesday, Lawrence Melrose Medical Electronic Record, Inc. in Melrose, Massachusetts notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’ office that an employee of a medical practice improperly accessed the EMRs and patient registration information of patients at six medical practices…