Patients in limbo as cyber attack shuts three hospitals
Thousands of operations and appointments have been cancelled at an NHS Trust after a cyber attack forced management to shut down the computer systems at three hospitals. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust said the cancellations continued into a third day on Wednesday after the attack took place on Sunday. The trust typically has […]
Massive cyberattack turned ordinary devices into weapons
A cyberattack that took down large swaths of the internet around the world on Friday was carried out, in part, by unsuspecting devices connected to the internet. Security firm Flashpoint said it believes that digital video recorders and webcams in people’s homes were taken over by malware and then, without owners’ knowledge, used to help […]
LinkedIn hacking suspect identified by feds
A grand jury has issued a criminal indictment against Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, a 29-year-old Russian accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and a third web service. The indictment, filed Thursday, was made public Friday night by the U.S. Department of Justice. The federal government has now confirmed Nikulin was the Russian citizen arrested in Prague on […]
Security analyst says Yahoo!, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Tumblr all popped by same gang
Five hackers are said to be behind breaches totalling up to a staggering three billion credentials from some of the world’s biggest tech companies including the Yahoo! breach that led to the loss of 500 million credentials. The claims, made to The Reg by recognised threat intelligence boffin Andrew Komarov, pin the world’s largest hacks […]
UK data watchdog issues record fine for ISP TalkTalk’s 2015 data breach
“A 2015 data breach at UK ISP TalkTalk has landed the company with a £400,000 fine from the national data protection agency — a record penalty for the ICO to hand out, although £100k shy of the current maximum it can impose. The breach in question dates back to October 2015 when data from nearly […]
Verizon wants $1B discount on Yahoo deal after reports of hacking, spying
“Verizon is pushing for a $1 billion discount off its pending $4.8 billion agreement to buy Yahoo, several sources told The Post exclusively. The request comes on the heels of the web giant getting bludgeoned by bad news in the past few days. Yahoo revealed two weeks ago that it had been hacked in 2014 […]
Calls for Federal Breach Notification Law Continue After Yahoo Data Breach
“Data breach prevention and response are again at the forefront of the public consciousness with the recent news of a massive data breach by Yahoo. The call for federal breach notification legislation was revived by the FTC on September 27, 2016, five days after the Yahoo breach was announced. During testimony before the U.S. Senate […]
Yahoo Data Breach Could Result In Lawsuits
“Yahoo, which is reeling from a massive data breach, is reportedly facing a class-action lawsuit over it. According to a report, the company is facing two lawsuits, both filed in the U.S. District Court, since the massive breach was announced. “For Yahoo to lay the blame on state-sponsored entities for this data breach seems like […]
Cyberattacks on personal health records growing ‘exponentially’
“This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA. Since it took effect, doctors’ offices, hospitals and other health-care providers have been very careful about releasing information. Sometimes frustratingly so. I’ve had providers refuse to send my information to me by email, because that form of […]
3 Ways to Reduce Data Breach Risks in Post-Panama Papers World
“The Panama Papers is the most well-known breach of a law firm, compromising 11.5 million documents from the law firm Mossack Fonseca. In it, 2.6 terabytes of client data were exposed, revealing information about 12 heads of state, 29 billionaires, 150 politicians, and many major financial institutions across the globe. But Mossack Fonseca is hardly […]