Here’s a case where Medicaid fraud created mental health and behavioral records in young people’s records that could have come back to cause difficulty for them at some point. The scheme also involved stealing a therapist’s identity/Medicaid provider number, which could have created serious problems for the therapist. The following is part of a press…
Shades of 2003: Have contractors started holding individuals’ PII hostage again?
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any report that a contractor or their employees were holding an organization’s client or patient data hostage as part of a dispute. To my surprise, however, there have been two such reports like that recently. One case is in the healthcare sector and I’ll be blogging about…
Former IT security manager for SCDOR testifies about the lack of security controls prior to its breach
Jeffrey Collins of Associated Press reports: The Department of Revenue was more concerned with keeping employees from accessing news, sports and social media websites on their work computers than protecting taxpayer data like Social Security numbers, a former computer security chief at the agency said Thursday. Read more on Aiken Standard. Tim Smith of Greenville…
34 Pakistan Sites Defaced By Afghan Cyber Army
A hacker from the collective Afghan Cyber Army who uses the handle Afghan hex has breached 34 Pakistan sites and left them defaced. The attack comes as a message to the Pakistan government and not an attack at any other hackers as in the past. The defacement was similar on all 34 sites that have been…
34 Australian, 28 Uganda Sites Hacked & Defaced
So far 2013 has been very busy with hackers releasing leaks and defacing websites almost non stop for the past few days. A hacker using the handle Mr. Domoz has recently attacked and left defaced a bunch of Australian and Uganda based websites. Some of the Australian based websites are actually local small business and government…
49,869 Voter Personal Details leaked from Steubenville City
A hacker who uses the handle @Anon_Acid has released what appears to be the complete listing of residents from Steubenville City, Ohio in the name of OpRollRedRoll. > @0p_rollredroll #OpRollRedRoll ‘via'[pastebin.com/Pf6HMATe] ~ Steubenville,Ohio records @youranonnews @anonopslegion @wtfrly @thehackersnews — AnonAcid (@Anon_Acid) January 3, 2013 OpRollRedRoll Was kicked off a few weeks ago after a some players from…