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Eye institute blindsided by data breach thanks to third-party hack
Don’t turn a blind eye to security, otherwise the next data breach could blindside you. The Southeast Eye Institute, PA sees that clearly know, following an incident in which an unauthorized attacker accessed patient files that a third-party vendor once managed. According to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the hack compromised the personal information ...
Better late than never: LinkedIn alerts users of data breach
While news of the LinkedIn data breach, which put over 167 million accounts at risk, has been spreading around the Internet, LinkedIn itself was rather quiet on the news until recently. Today the social network sent out an email to all users notifying them of the breach, and detailed its actions. In its email, LinkedIn ...
Hospital pays ransomware demands, but criminals demand more
There are several reasons why the most common advice for dealing with ransomware is “don’t pay it.” Once you’ve shown cyber criminals that you’re willing to pay money to retrieve your data, there’s nothing stopping them from targeting you again, if they even uphold their end of the deal. Such is the case for Wichita-based ...
Under attack: Multiple hackers target these hospitals
Health and medical associations are tempting targets for hackers, and that’s been made more than clear today, with not one, but two different hospitals suffering from data breaches. In Michigan, an attack on Complete Chiropractic & Bodywork Therapies has suffered a malware attack that compromised the personal information of over 4,000 patients, while over in ...
Old LinkedIn data breach resurfaces with 167 million accounts at risk
LinkedIn users may need to start changing passwords, as around 167 million accounts have been put up for sale online, including 117 million passwords. The seller is asking for over $2,o00 for the stolen data The data comes from 2012, when the networking site was hacked. However, as Ars Technica notes, this reveals that the ...
Romanian hacker targets the weak, leaks data from these 32 websites
A Romanian hacker has been on a spree of what he calls “Light Hacktivism,” targeting 32 websites and dumping their data onto the web. The hacker, going by the name “GhostShell,” has been targeting government, educational, medical, industrial, and even personal websites, all of which held sensitive information vulnerable on open FTP ports, and according ...
Hacking forum gets hacked itself
In a karmic case of the metaphorical shoe being on the other foot, a forum dedicated to stealing and sharing stolen information, credentials, and content was itself hacked, and the information on its 500,000 users leaked onto the net. The target was Nulled.io, an underground forum in which users share software cracks, content leaks, and ...
Tumblr account information leaked, but Yahoo denies hack
The social network Tumblr has begun a wave of password resets, following a data breach in which a third party obtained the login information for several accounts. However, Yahoo (which owns Tumblr) states that there was not any new hack or leak, and the stolen account information may have been taken from an attack from ...
Hacker leaks data from darknet hitman website
There’s a saying about “honor among thieves” that suggests people who break the law will respect one another. However, that is not the case at all, particularly when it comes to cyber crime. A hacker has struck the darknet site “Besa Mafia,” leaking information about its users, hit orders, and personal messages for the world ...
Superintendent office schooled by phishing scam
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office has learned a painful lesson following a data breach that leaked the information for over 2,500 employees. This breach is the result of a phishing scam, as an email supposedly from human resources tricked employees into handing over vital information. Got Phished The data breach began when a ...