Collaborate Disseminate
Francesca Bacardi reports: Los Angeles talent agency Innovative Artists might have exposed clients and employees’ “personal information” in a possible data security incident when it was burglarized last month, according to a letter from the agency obta… Continue reading LA talent agency burglarized of three computers with private data
Robert Rodriguez reports: The theft of an external hard drive at Fresno State could expose the personal data of at least 15,000 people. The hard drive was reported missing Jan. 12 and Fresno State officials said some of the files may have contained per… Continue reading Stolen University Hard Drive Potentially Exposes Thousands of Records
Why would a thief return their spoils? Continue reading A Hacker Returned $17 Million In Stolen Ethereum
From Santa Cruz Biotechnology’s notification template: On Monday, December 18, 2017, we discovered that a burglary had occurred in our Santa Cruz office on or around December 17, 2017. We immediately contacted law enforcement and began an investi… Continue reading Santa Cruz Biotechnology notifies employees after burglar snagged their information
So I read the first sentence of the description of an incident reported by California College of the Arts, and wanted to just walk away: On Friday January 19, 2018, a College laptop used by an employee was stolen out of the employee’s vehicle. Why? WHY… Continue reading California College of the Arts notifies people of stolen laptop
KHOU reports: Information about City of Houston employees’ health insurance may have been compromised after an employee’s laptop computer was stolen. City officials say the laptop was stolen from the employee’s car on Feb. 2. They say the passwor… Continue reading Sensitive info may be compromised after City of Houston employee’s laptop stolen
Unknown criminals abused the SWIFT network to steal 339.5 million rubles ($6 million) from the Central Bank of Russia in 2017. The bank’s Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team (FinCERT) revealed the attack in its report on illegal tra… Continue reading Criminals Abused SWIFT to Steal $6M from Central Bank of Russia
Nevro Corporation in California provides what they call HF10 therapy devices for patients coping with chronic pain. After several laptops with patient data were stolen during an office burglary, they had to notify patients that their information was o… Continue reading Records of pain device patients on stolen Nevro laptops
Brian Krebs is reporting sophisticated jackpotting attacks against US ATMs. The attacker gains physical access to the ATM, plants malware using specialized electronics, and then later returns and forces the machine to dispense all the cash it has insid… Continue reading Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs
Brian Krebs is reporting sophisticated jackpotting attacks against US ATMs. The attacker gains physical access to the ATM, plants malware using specialized electronics, and then later returns and forces the machine to dispense all the cash it has insid… Continue reading Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs