Seen on Hunton Andrews Kurth’s blog, As previously posted on our Hunton Insurance Recovery blog, a Maryland federal court awarded summary judgment to policyholder National Ink in National Ink and Stitch, LLC v. State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company, finding coverage for a cyber attack under a non-cyber insurance policy after the insured’s server and networked…
Month: February 2020
Mississippi Public School Districts May Not Be Ready to Comply with New Statewide Cybersecurity Requirements
Adam V. Griffin and James A. Keith of Adams and Reese LLP explain: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule pertaining to cybersecurity that will require Mississippi public school districts to take substantial actions to prepare. The rule would require each district to: Implement 22 enumerated policies related…
Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. – Notice Of Data Breach
Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. (“EES”) partners with school districts and agencies to provide preschool services to children. THis week, they issued a press release about a data security incident. As seen on their website: Educational Enrichment Systems, Inc. (“EES”) is providing notice of a data privacy event that may have affected certain personal information. The…
Data Breach at Mitsubishi Electric Caused by Zero-Day Vulnerability in Antivirus Software
Scott Ikeda writes: When antivirus software is installed and activated, there is usually an assumption that the system is automatically safer. Antivirus software can be penetrated just like any other software can, however, as a 2019 data breach at Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi Electric demonstrates. Mitsubishi Electric did not disclose what software they were using…
Hackers can hijack Philips smart bulb to spread spyware: Check Point Security
Rohit KVN reports: For the past few years, people have increasingly embracing Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based smart speakers and related accessories like lights and other consumer electronics. …. During a routine security screen, Check Point researchers tested popular Philips Hue smart bulbs and bridge, and to their shock, found vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-6007) that easily allowed them to breach…
ZA: Crucial patient information lost in Yeoville clinic robbery
Gaby Ndongo reports: Crucial patient information was lost when 11 computers were stolen from the Yeoville Clinic in a robbery days before Christmas. The clinic had been migrating from paper to digital records to avoid the loss of physical files, to facilitate the process of finding patient information, and to improve healthcare for the over…