They say nothing is certain except for death and taxes. In 2019, it’s time to add cyber tax scams to the list. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams – and it’s no surprise that nefarious online schemes top the list. Here are some of the most common (and clever) techniques that hackers are using to defraud Americans of their personal information and hard-earned income.
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This week, ransomware shuts down a US medical practice, freshmen hack their school’s Wi-Fi to avoid tests, Canadian pension plans go missing, Irish healthcare group is scammed, and UConn is hit with a $5M data breach lawsuit.
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This week, US healthcare provider gets breached 3 times, third-party ransomware parks Canadian agency for days, hackers steal French gas, and last year’s Facebook breach in Australia nearly doubles in size.
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This week, a Dutch academic publisher is exposed, US sleep companies snooze on payment fraud, UK police face ransomware attack and Uber might be spying on us (again)…
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This week, US students hack into school, Canadian alcohol gets held for ransom(ware), New Zealand outdoors retailer is exposed, and data doesn’t expire on the Dark Web.
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This week, US surgeons pay cyber ransom, Canadian universities come under attack, a UK charity is breached, and healthcare gets hit hard by hackers.
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This week, Topps gets form-jacked, Canadian government employee is robbed of patient data, UK adoption service accidentally leaks sensitive information, and records in New Zealand are “blown away.”
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In the news this week: highly-sensitive medical conversations accessed from a Swedish health phone line, rogue politicians stir up data breach anarchy in the U.K., restaurant customer credit cards exposed across 100+ establishments in 9 U.S. states, and an Australian hospital faced with ransom demands to unlock stolen files.
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Data Security Breach Laws Becoming Stricter The webinar “An Update on Data Security Breach Laws in the U.S. & Canada” was offered February 13 by ID Agent. The top-line message is that the many overlapping laws and regulations governing data security are becoming stricter. Moderated by Jessica Retka, an associate in the Intellectual Property and Technology Group at Baltimore law firm Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP, the webinar featured legal experts S. Keith Moulsdale, a partner in the Cyber Security, Information Management and Privacy Group at Whiteford Taylor Preston, and Judith Payne, a partner at Winnipeg-based Pitblado Law who specializes in privacy, regulatory compliance, and information technology in corporate and commercial enterprises.
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This week, Dunkin’ faces a 2nd credential stuffing attack, a Canadian photo-sharing platform discovers hack, a French cybersecurity society gets compromised, and Australian property data is leaked.
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