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Personal information of roughly 150 patients of Toronto-based St. Michael’s Hospital has been stolen in a data breach, allegedly by a former third-party employee accused of taking them while on duty. According to a letter obtained by a local news chann… Continue reading Former Medical Transcriptionist Accused of Trying to Extort Toronto Hospital Using Stolen Patient Data
James Jackson, a 58-year-old resident of Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for 13 counts of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud and mail theft. According to US Attorney Michael Dunavant, between… Continue reading Tennessee Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Identity Theft and Fraud
In episode 141 for October 5th 2020: Universal Health Services is the latest victim of a massive hospital ransomware attack, the FBI issues new warnings about false claims of hacked voter information, and the top Android 11 privacy and security feature… Continue reading More Hospital Ransomware Attacks, FBI’s Disinformation Warning, Android 11 Privacy Features
In our September monthly episode we continue our three part series on targeted attack. In this episode we discuss the pretext and how attackers develop and launch their attacks with special guests Nathan Sweaney, Senior Security Consultant at Secure Id… Continue reading Targeted Attacks Part 2 – Pretexting and Attack Development
In episode 140 for September 28th 2020: Details on the first human death related to a ransomware attack, popular fitness app Strava is caught giving away your location data to strangers, and the top privacy improvements in Apple iOS 14. ** Links mentio… Continue reading Death by Ransomware, Strava Flyby, iOS 14 Privacy Improvements
Members of Shopify’s support team abused access to company network Customer contact information and order details accessed FBI and international law enforcement agencies are investigating Shopify, the major ecommerce platform which powers many online s… Continue reading Rogue Shopify Staff Accessed Customer Records, Says Ecommerce Platform Investigating Security Breach
In episode 139 for September 21st 2020: This week we take a break from the news to bring you our interview with Alex Kubiak, Senior Product Manager at StartPage.com. StartPage is a privacy focused search engine which uses Google’s search results but re… Continue reading StartPage.com – The World’s Most Private Search Engine
US-based Office Superstore, Staples, has recently disclosed a data breach that exposed the order details of nearly 2,500 customers. “We recently learned of unauthorized access to a limited number of non-sensitive customer order data on Staples.com, whi… Continue reading Staples Discloses Data Breach Exposing ‘Limited’ Customer Information
The aftermath of Blackbaud’s data breach continues to extend, with Inova Health System stepping forward as the latest victim of the ransomware incident announced by the US-based cloud computing provider in May 2020. “Inova Health System (“Inova”), a no… Continue reading Over 1 Million Patients and Donors Impacted by Inova Health System Data Breach
In episode 138 for September 14th 2020: School districts under cyber-attack, Google Chrome’s new ad blocking feature, and Microsoft’s latest alert about foreign interference in the 2020 US election. ** Links mentioned on the show ** City of Hartford po… Continue reading Schools Under Cyberattack, Chrome Ad Blocking Update, US Election Interference