Hackers Hammer Hackers, Infect Patient Records and Nick Apple IDs

In case you missed our coverage this week in ThreatWatch, Nextgov’s regularly updated index of cyber breaches:

• Data thieves are victims too

Websites that sold payment card information stolen from the Target breach were themselves hacked by unknown attackers.

• Hackers infiltrate Electronic Arts site to steal customer Apple IDs

Software errors in a calendar application are probably what allowed attackers to compromise an EA server and create a fake “phishing” site designed to look like an Apple login page.

• Aggrieved ex-Microsoft techie leaks Windows 8 and piracy code

The seven-year company veteran apparently was angry over a poor performance review.

• Computer virus infects 5,400 hospital patient records

A sophisticated worm collected and encrypted Valley View Hospital Association screen shots into a hidden system file.

ThreatWatch is a regularly updated catalog of data breaches successfully striking every sector of the globe, as reported by journalists, researchers and the victims themselves.

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