Collaborate Disseminate
Melissa Matheney reports: Capitol police are investigating a possible break-in at Sierra Regional Center in Sparks on August 17th, according to Nikki Haag, a spokesperson for the Division of Aging and Disability Services at the Nevada Department of Hea… Continue reading NV: Personal info feared stolen after suspected break-in at Sparks facility for the disabled
Jelena Ćirić reports: Sindri Þór Stefansson and six others have been charged with the theft of 600 computers equipped for Bitcoin mining, Fréttablaðið reports. Sindri Þór made headlines internationally when he fled from prison earlier this year, where … Continue reading Seven Charged for Bitcoin Computer Theft
Adrian Weckler reports: Some 37,000 Eir customers have been hit by a security breach after a staff laptop was stolen. The telecoms firm said that the breach happened when an unencrypted device was stolen outside an office at the weekend. Customer data … Continue reading 37,000 Eir customers face data breach in laptop theft
Modern cars have alarm systems that automatically connect to a remote call center. This makes cars harder to steal, since tripping the alarm causes a quick response. This article describes a theft attempt that tried to neutralize that security system. In the first attack, the thieves just disabled the alarm system and then left. If the owner had not immediately… Continue reading "Two Stage" BMW Theft Attempt
364 of them hacked the JPay tablets they use for email, music and games and transferred money into their own accounts. Continue reading Prisoners exploit tablet vulnerability to steal nearly $225K
From AmberCare Hospice, this notice of a laptop theft incident: Recent Data Incident Affecting AmberCare Hospice Patients Ambercare Corporation, Inc. (“Ambercare”), a provider of personal care, hospice, and home health services, is committed to protect… Continue reading DataBreaches.net 2018-07-30 12:15:51
Rebecca Collett reports that a courier for Roper Hospital had a suitcase with patient records stolen on July 3 while she was paying for gas: The medical records were in a locked suitcase in the car, according to Andy Lyons, the Director of Corporate Co… Continue reading SC: Roper Hospital patient records in courier’s stolen car
BBC reports: Patients’ details were inside a bag which was stolen in an NHS hospital, it has emerged. The bag, which contained the personal information of “a number of patients”, was stolen in Dorset’s Poole Hospital, a report b… Continue reading UK: Patient data breach after bag stolen at Poole Hospital
This is weird: Police in Detroit are looking for two suspects who allegedly managed to hack a gas pump and steal over 600 gallons of gasoline, valued at about $1,800. The theft took place in the middle of the day and went on for about 90 minutes, with the gas station attendant unable to thwart the hackers. The theft, reported… Continue reading Gas Pump Hack
Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill. Continue reading SIM card in bird’s GPS tracker used to rack up $2,700 phone bill