Memorial Hospital pays $5.5M in settlement over potential HIPAA violations
“Memorial Healthcare Systems has agreed to pay a $5.5 million settlement to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over potential HIPAA violations. The security breach was discovered when Memorial launched an internal investigation in 2012 after two hospital employees stole patients’ personal information to make money filing phony tax returns, said Kerting Baldwin, […]
Hackers break into Polish banks through government regulator charged with bank security standards
“Polish banks have spent the last week searching for hackers who broke into several of the country’s financial institutions in an incident that looks to be three months old, according to Polish media. The malware infection appears to have come through — of all things — compromised servers at the Polish financial regulator KNF, which […]
‘Hack the Army’ Program Nets 118 Bugs
“And you thought hacking the Pentagon was easy: The US Army last week revealed details of its first bug bounty program. The four-week Hack the Army scheme generated 416 vulnerability reports (nearly 30 percent of which are unique and actionable) and approximately $100,000 for security researchers and bug hunters. The most significant flaw—as reported by […]
U.S. accuses Chinese citizens of hacking law firms, insider trading
“Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. Iat Hong of Macau, Bo Zheng of Changsha, China, and Chin Hung of Macau were charged in an indictment filed […]
Chinese government has arrested hackers it says breached OPM database
“The Chinese government recently arrested a handful of hackers it says were connected to the breach of Office of Personnel Management’s database this year, a mammoth break-in that exposed the records of more than 22 million current and former federal employees. The arrests took place shortly before a state visit in September by President Xi […]
Personal data for more than 134,000 sailors was breached, Navy says
“The personal data of more than 130,000 sailors in a re-enlistment approval database was stolen from a contractor’s laptop, the Navy disclosed Wednesday. The Navy was notified in October by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services that a computer supporting a Navy contract was “compromised,” and that the names and social security numbers of 134,386 current and […]
15 States Reach Settlement with Adobe Over 2013 Data Breach
“Ohio and 14 other states have settled with Adobe Sytems to resolve an investigation into the 2013 data breach of certain Adobe servers, which contained personal information of nearly 53,000 Ohio residents. Under the settlement, Adobe agrees to implement new policies and practices to prevent similar breaches in the future and pay $1 million to […]
Silicon Valley is seriously worried about a cyber attack on Election Day
Imagine a major attack against the Internet on Election Day with a singular goal: disrupt voter turnout. It sounds like pure paranoia, but that’s the gist of a debate that started on Twitter this weekend and quickly drew in some big names in Silicon Valley. Adam D’Angelo, Facebook’s (FB, Tech30) former chief technology officer and […]
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 […]
Trump hotel chain fined over data breaches
“Trump Hotel Collection has arrived at a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman over hacks that are said to have led to the exposure of over 70,000 credit card numbers and other personal data. The hotel chain, one of the businesses of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has agreed to pay $50,000 […]