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Hacker Guccifer 2.0 Identified As Russian Intelligence Officer – Russia and The United States
The hacker Guccifer 2.0, who claimed responsibility for providing Wikileaks with the stolen Democratic National Committee emails, has been identified as an officer of Russia’s main intelligence directorate, or GRU, according to a new report. Guccifer’s identity was uncovered after he failed on one occasion to activate a virtual private network, or VPN, to disguise his IP address – which appeared on the server logs of an American social media company, a source told the Daily Beast. Investigators pinpointed Guccifer’s identity, and U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has enlisted the help of the FBI agents who traced the persona back to a GRU officer who works out of the Moscow headquarters, according to the report. While the U.S. intelligence community concluded in a January 2017 report that the GRU used the persona to release the hacked emails, it was not previously known that a specific officer had been identified. Mueller has taken over the investigation into Guccifer, who called himself a “lone hacker” and acted as a kind of master of ceremonies heralding leaks in the summer before the elections. Just last month, Mueller indicted 13 Russians and three companies as part of the ongoing investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. Guccifer, who claimed to be Romanian, communicated with Trump associate Roger Stone through direct messages on Twitter after WikiLeaks released the trove of DNC emails.
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Email Hack on ATI Physical Therapy Breaches Data of 35,000 Patients – Illinois, United States
Several employee emails were breached for three days in January, exposing a wide range of patient data from Medicaid details to Social Security numbers for some patients. Illinois-based ATI Physical Therapy is notifying 35,136 patients after several employee email accounts were breached by a hacker. On Jan. 11, ATI discovered the direct deposit information of some employees was changed in its payroll system. Officials said they launched an investigation with a third-party forensics team that determined several employee email accounts were hacked between Jan. 9 and Jan. 12. Some patient data were included in one or more of those accounts. The type of breached data varied by patient, but could include a combination of Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification numbers, financial account numbers, Medicare or Medicaid identification numbers, and medical record numbers, along with a wide range of medical information. Officials said Social Security numbers were only breached for a small percentage of patients. Impacted patients were notified by mail and offered a year of free credit monitoring, along with a $1 million identity theft insurance policy. The investigation is ongoing, and ATI officials said they’ve since strengthened email security to protect against future breaches. Employees were also provided additional training to better detect phishing emails. Email hacks on healthcare organizations have been relentless this year. According to Protenus’ February Breach Barometer, hacking was responsible for 33 percent of breaches last month.
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Attack at Air Force Base Reportedly Being Treated As Terrorism – California, United States
An incident this week at a U.S. Air Force base in Northern California – in which a vehicle burst into flames after crashing through the main gate – is being treated as “an act of terrorism,” according to a report.
Authorities said a driver died, likely by igniting himself, after gaining “unauthorized access” to Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, about 55 miles northeast of San Francisco, on Wednesday night. There was no further threat to the base, where approximately 7,000 active military members and 3,700 civilians live and work, Air Force officials said. The FBI has also joined the investigation alongside base officials. “The safety and welfare of our airmen, their families and our local community is our top priority,” Col. John Klein, commander of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis, said in a news release.
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