A Nigerian national has been charged with the hacking of Los Angeles County emails which have exposed the personal data of more than 750,000 people.
According to the office of the Los Angeles County chief executive, the accused Kelvin Onaghinor, 37, faces nine charges against him which includes unauthorized computer access and identity theft. However, he has not been arrested, and officials are not even able to trace his current location and now speculating that he left the US.
“My office will work aggressively to bring this criminal hacker and others to Los Angeles County, where they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” District Attorney Jackie Lacey vowed in a statement Friday.
It is to be believed that there are more suspects in the hack, and the search for them is going on. The hack happened in May when a phishing email deceived 108 county employees into providing usernames and passwords.
A forensic examination team found that about 756,000 individuals could have been affected by this breach.
According to county officials, the several department's effects by the hack include: Assessor, Chief Executive Office, Children and Family Services, Child Support Services, Health Services, Human Resources, Internal Services, Mental Health, Probation, Public Health, Public Library, Public Social Services and Public Works,
There was no evidence of any confidential information had been released because of the breach.
Information which might have compromised include first and last names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification numbers, payment card information, bank account information, home addresses, phone numbers, and/or medical information, such as Medi-Cal or insurance carrier identification numbers, diagnosis, treatment history or medical record numbers.
According to the office of the Los Angeles County chief executive, the accused Kelvin Onaghinor, 37, faces nine charges against him which includes unauthorized computer access and identity theft. However, he has not been arrested, and officials are not even able to trace his current location and now speculating that he left the US.
“My office will work aggressively to bring this criminal hacker and others to Los Angeles County, where they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” District Attorney Jackie Lacey vowed in a statement Friday.
It is to be believed that there are more suspects in the hack, and the search for them is going on. The hack happened in May when a phishing email deceived 108 county employees into providing usernames and passwords.
A forensic examination team found that about 756,000 individuals could have been affected by this breach.
According to county officials, the several department's effects by the hack include: Assessor, Chief Executive Office, Children and Family Services, Child Support Services, Health Services, Human Resources, Internal Services, Mental Health, Probation, Public Health, Public Library, Public Social Services and Public Works,
There was no evidence of any confidential information had been released because of the breach.
Information which might have compromised include first and last names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification numbers, payment card information, bank account information, home addresses, phone numbers, and/or medical information, such as Medi-Cal or insurance carrier identification numbers, diagnosis, treatment history or medical record numbers.