Thomas S. Markey writes: On Feb. 19, a bill was introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate proposing to amend the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act to add new breach notification requirements for state agencies and political subdivisions of the commonwealth. Enacted in 2005, the act (73 P.S. Section 2301 et seq.) applies to commonwealth…
Month: April 2019
Possible data breach being investigated at Galway hospital after patients receive scam letter
Marita Moloney reports: Healthcare group Saolta is investigating a possible data breach at University Hospital Galway. A number of patients had raised concerns after receiving a letter in the post from an organisation calling itself The Anglo American Lottery. The scam letter, which was posted to people’s home address, informs recipients that they have won…
Genesee County’s email system not functional after ransomware hack
Yesterday, Ann Pierret reported: Genesee County leaders are working with state police and the FBI to figure out how the county’s computer system was hacked. […] That was yesterday. I’ve seen no update today to say that everything is restored after the county refused to pay the demands and worked to restore their files, which…
More than 540 million Facebook app datasets found exposed – UpGuard researchers
UpGuard reports: The UpGuard Cyber Risk team can now report that two more third-party developed Facebook app datasets have been found exposed to the public internet. One, originating from the Mexico-based media company Cultura Colectiva, weighs in at 146 gigabytes and contains over 540 million records detailing comments, likes, reactions, account names, FB IDs and…
Elizabeth Warren proposes holding execs criminally liable for scams and data breaches
Cory Doctorow reports: A new bill from Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes personal, criminal liability for top executives of companies turning over more than $1B/year when those companies experience data breaches and scams due to negligence (many of the recent high-profile breaches would qualify, including the Equifax giga-breach, as well as many of Wells Fargo’s string…
UK: Council data leak leaves couple who adopted abused children living in fear
Nick Lavigueur reports: A couple who adopted abused children from another part of the country have told how a council blunder put their family at risk. Adam and his wife Jean, who are now based in West Yorkshire, had their world turned upside down when a council from the south of England provided their personal…