I wrote about 21st Century Oncology in March (see post here) when the FBI came knocking on their door. The result? 2.2 million records compromised. At that time they said that they likely did not have enough insurance to cover the costs of the breach. Fast forward six months. Law360 is reporting that Charter Oak […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]What if a technically sophisticated adversary, such as Russia or China wanted to create chaos in the United States – how would he or she do it? What if a technically sophisticated lone wolf hacker wanted to do it, is it possible? My answer would be: Possible – absolutely! Probable: I don’t know. Concerning: You […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hacking, just like all other Internet businesses, is morphing to survive. And to be very clear, hacking is a business. Before people make funny jokes, no, hackers do NOT hack into porn sites for the pictures. They could use stolen credit cards if that was all they wanted. The porn site Brazzers was hacked, apparently […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is getting a bit crazy. I am thinking about paying cash next time I stay at a hotel. UPDATE: The Hutton breach is tied to another breach from last week, HEI Hotels. The Hutton is managed by HEI. HEI also manages hotels for Intercontinental, which owns Kimpton. Also, Noble, which owns Ocean Key, below, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), which operates two hospitals in West Virginia and nine in Kentucky reported over the weekend that it was the target of a cyberattack that forced staff to revert to paper. No email, no electronic health records, no other electronic systems. Just paper. The hospitals are assessing whether to transfer critically ill […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It seems like there are a lot more breakins than there are convictions in court, but every now and then the feds catch a big one. In this case it is Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian lawmaker. He was accused of costing banks about $170 million in losses and costs to repair the […]
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