Speaking of the risk of mobile devices… Lahey Clinic reports that on July 1, a physician lost a Blackberry (or it was stolen) at an airport in France. On it were patients’ names, dates of birth, Lahey medical record numbers, diagnosis, and procedure names/test results. The clinic did a remote wipe of all of the…
Insider breach at Quest Diagnostics results in notification to patients
Yet another insider breach – this one at New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics. On August 17, Quest notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that in late July, it became aware that an employee had forwarded certain e-mails to their home personal account. Included in the e-mails were patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security…
Leaked Pentagon Documents Show planning of Naval bases
The united states Pentagon is a high profile target for hackers and others wanting to know whats going on within the American government. A well known hacker who uses the handle 0xOmar aka 0xO who was involved with the attacks on Israeli at the start of the year has leaked documents that they claim are from the pentagon. 0x0 has…
The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare
The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent ‘International Group of Experts’, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this ‘new’ form of warfare. The Tallinn Manual pays particular attention to the jus…
America’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order LEAKED
This week a document from the white house has been leaked which is a draft outlining the Cyber security for its critical sectors. Here it is. The White House’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order
UFC Hackers Busted; Dana White Says, ‘We’ll See How Tough They Really Are!’
MMA Weekly reports: At least two of the hackers that were recently snagged in a two-year sting operation by the FBI were involved in the hacking of UFC.com [Ultimate Fighting Championship] and company president Dana White’s personal information. Mir Islam, aka “JoshTheGod,” and a 15-year-old hacker from California that goes by the moniker “CosmoTheGod,” were reportedly two of…