Somehow, BCBS of North Carolina mailed out about 100 members’ old PHI to new members in their new member packets. BCBS is blaming a software glitch. Read more on Examiner.com
Australian Federal Police Issue Warnings to 6 Youths Over Cyber Activity
Over the past months we have seen Australia becoming a target for hackers, as well as this we have seen many young hackers surfacing from the suburbs around Australia. Today the Australian federal police have now confirmed that 6 youths from Sydney, Brisbane and Perth have been issued warnings over suspicious online activities. Now this is how it should be done,…
Death by HIPAA
Jane Yakowitz writes: Vioxx, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug once prescribed for arthritis, was on the market for over five years before it waswithdrawn from the market in 2004. Though a group of small-scale studies had found a correlation between Vioxx and increased risk of heart attack, the FDA did not have convincing evidence until it completed…
CFTC Data Breach Risks Employees’ Social Security Numbers
Silla Brust reports: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission suffered a data breach in May, putting at risk Social Security numbers and personal information of employees of the country’s top derivatives regulator. A CFTC employee received a “phishing” e-mail on May 21 and input information to a fraudulent website, according to a copy of an…
253 Indian Based Sites Hacked For Attacks On Pakistani Sites
The Pakistani vs India cyber war is starting to fire up again with more and more sites being hacked every day on each side. The latest comes from Pakistani hackers "Voice of a black hat" who have released a list of 253 Indian based sites that have been hacked. At time of publishing all sites still appeared to be defaced. 1. https://abconsult.in/h4x0r-HuSsY.htm…
Kuwait Banking System Hacked, Exploited, 3k Credit Cards Leaked By .c0mrade
.c0mrade aka @OfficialComrade has been leaking lots of exploits attempting to get the attention of corporations and governments, but so far this has failed. Today they have announced another hack/exploit which is targeting banking systems in Kuwait. As he has been doing over the past few weeks there is data released with this exploit release….