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Cancer patient to sue Cork’s Mercy Hospital over HSE ransomware incident

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Dissent

Sean O’Riordan and Shauna Bowers report: One of the first legal cases over the release of sensitive medical information on the dark web as part of the HSE cyber hack has been lodged at Cork Circuit Court. The case was lodged on Monday against Mercy University Hospital (MUH) by a Cork solicitor acting on behalf…

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Ohio Introduces Data Privacy Legislation

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Dissent

Kurt R. Hunt and Gregory A. Tapocsi of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP write: On July 13, 2021, Ohio Lieutenant Governor John Husted announced the introduction of the Ohio Personal Privacy Act (OPPA), a comprehensive privacy framework following in the footsteps of recent legislative enactments in California (the CCPA as modified by the CPRA), Virginia (the…

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CT: High school student charged after putting Hitler quote in yearbook

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Dissent

Denette Wilford reports: A high-schooler in Connecticut allegedly hacked into his school’s computer database, so he could put a quote from Adolf Hitler into a yearbook. The incident happened in May, when the 18-year-old student at Glastonbury High School popped a Hitler quote underneath the photo of a classmate, police said. Read more on Toronto…

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Tulsa Says Network Hack Gained Some Social Security Numbers

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to the Tulsa ransomware incident previously reported on this site in May and June.  AP is reporting that continued investigation by the city into the breach revealed that more than two dozen people had their Social Security numbers stolen and dumped by the Conti threat actors.

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94% Of Organizations Have Suffered Insider Data Breaches, So Why Aren’t These a Bigger Worry?

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Dissent

Sometimes, 2+2 does not = 4, it seems. When employees falling for phishing attempts represent one of the two biggest preludes to a ransomware attack, why are 28% of IT leaders in a recent survey more concerned about malicious insiders than human error? Why  are only 21% of those surveyed most concerned about human error?…

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WV: Morgan County Schools’ computers hit by Kaseya attack

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Dissent

Kate Evans reports: Morgan County Schools was one of many victims of a massive Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack that struck businesses and agencies nationally and around the globe. A Russian-based hacker group initially demanded $70 million to stop the cyberattack. School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said at a July 6 school board meeting that…

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