Rebecca Cashman and Patricia Del Rio report on how the Wolcott, Connecticut school district is responding to the second cyberattack it has experienced in the past few months. The district declined to pay any ransom, and it’s not clear whether the two attacks are by the same hacker(s) or not. Read more on WFSB.
Month: September 2019
Mobile County Public Schools impacted by ransomware attack on vendor, back online now
You may have been a bit confused by the rapidly changing status involving Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, who were impacted by a ransomware attack. Their site was down for about 24 hours, but is back up. The ransomware attack was against their vendor, SchoolinSITES.
California Passes Several Amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act
Dorian Simmons of Alston & Bird writes: The California legislature passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 to 1798.190) (the “CCPA”) on September 13, 2019. (See our previous blog posts here: Which CCPA Amendments Made the Cut? and Potential Changes to the CCPA; California Senate Considers…
SEC’s Proposed Revisions to Regulation S-K Will Minimally Impact Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements
Sara A. Arrow and Peter A. Nelson of Patterson Belknap write: It has been thirty years since the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) significantly revised Regulation S-K, which sets forth reporting requirements for public companies. The SEC is now taking a fresh look at the rules, proposing for public comment amendments to modernize the…
Maryland Adds Insurance Commissioner to Breach Notification Requirements
Liisa Thomas, Kari Rollins and Julia Kadish of Sheppard Mullin write: Effective October 1, 2019, organizations providing health insurance and related services must notify the Maryland Insurance Administration as part of its breach notification requirements. In August 2019, the Maryland Insurance Administration issued Bulletin 19-14 informing insurers, nonprofit health plans, HMOs, managed care organizations, managed general agents and…
UK: IT contractor jailed for fraud offenses against vulnerable people
The Metropolitan Police issued the following news release: Graham Broomfield, 54 (5.01.65) of Tye Green Village, Harlow was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 20 September. He had previously pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position. Detective Sergeant Gemma Cole, from the Specialist Crime Command, said: “Broomfield’s crimes were…