content/images/gallery/ddos/maintenance.png 2012 is turning into year of the DDoS with many high profile websites falling to the packets that come their way from hackers. In the past week we have seen websites such as TPB, wikileaks, chicagopolice, 123-reg and many others fall off the Internet for a brief amount of time due to these on going ddos attacks. Currently at time of publishing it would seem that…
South Shore Hospital to Pay $750,000 to Settle Data Breach Allegations
It started with an announcement in July 2010 that computer backup tapes with data on 800,000 were missing. It proceeded to confusion as to what business associates or vendors were involved and the sequence of events. But things started getting really ugly over a dispute between South Shore Hospital and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office,…
Correction to Earlier Post
In a post this morning, I incorrectly identified the breached entity as Gannett. It was not Gannet, but GCI, another firm with the same initials. My apologies to Gannett for my error.
Update: Belfast councillors’ bank details blunder cost almost £65k
Remember that breach involving Belfast city councillors’ bank details? Lesley-Anne McKeown of the Belfast Telegraph reports on what the breach cost the city: A report presented to councillors has found that dealing with the security breach which was blamed on ‘human error’ cost £64,250 — most of which went on legal fees. Read more on…
China continues to root out traders in stolen personal info
BBC reports that Beijing authorities have arrested 160 on charges of stealing personal information and have shut down 13 sites allegedly involved in trading stolen personal information. This is in addition to the 1,700 arrested last month. Read more on BBC.
CORRECTED: GCI warns some customers about potential misuse of account info
Another insider breach: GCI is sending letters to about 400 customers and urging them to check their accounts for any unusual activity. The letters follow the discovery that a former customer telephone service representative may have misused customer-supplied credit card or bank account payment information. Read more on Anchorage Daily News Correction: In an earlier…