From the Phoenix FBI, originally published June 14, 2022: PHOENIX, AZ—Now that schools across Arizona are on summer break and young people have more unsupervised time online, the FBI Phoenix Field Office is warning parents and caregivers about an increase in incidents involving sextortion of young children. Across the country, the FBI is receiving an…
Category: Breaches
FDNY seeks firewall to stop doxxing, hacking of rescue workers’ personal data and to protect patients’ data
Carl Campanile reports: The FDNY is seeking to build a digital firewall to protect the Big Apple’s thousands of rescue workers from cyberattacks, including “doxxing,” The Post has learned. The department recently put out a call in the City Record for consultant services “for the development and implementation of protective strategies to address the cyber…
Deputy U.S. Marshal Charged with Unlawfully Obtaining Cell Phone Location Information
A Deputy U.S. Marshal has been charged by indictment with unlawfully obtaining cell phone location information by misusing a law enforcement service, and later making false statements about his use of that service. Adrian Pena, 48, of Del Rio, Texas, made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday in the Western District of Texas. According…
Don’t rely on a business associate agreement if the business associate is Iron Mountain (UPDATED)
Update of June 15: My tweets about the situation described below resulted in Iron Mountain’s Twitter team contacting their internal team, who called me. As of yesterday afternoon, the patient records that had supposedly been securely destroyed more than a year ago were finally securely destroyed. I was also told by customer service that the…