Hackers Blackmail Sony Pictures, Feed Pill Addictions and Bankrupt Small Mexican Town

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

Twitter CFO Tweets about Confidential Purchase

One of the social media firm's executives mistakenly publicly broadcast a tweet meant to be a private direct message to a colleague.

Sony Pictures Goes Offline to Hide from Hackers

The movie studio has instructed employees not to connect to company networks or access email, after an apparent hacker threatened to disclose “secrets.”

Former Hospital Contractor Nicks Equipment Worth $100,000 Allegedly to Afford Pill Addiction

Franciscan Health Systems in Tacoma, Washington, does not know how the information technology worker held on to a functional security pass for months after he was done at the company.

Hackers Leave Mexican Town Penniless

The small Mexican municipality of Ursulo Galvan lost $500,000 when cyber criminals emptied its bank accounts.

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