Lawrence Abrams reports: Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unauthorized person gained access to subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers to another carrier. According to the data breach notification email sent to affected subscribers this weekend, between June 8th and June 10th, a threat actor ported the phone numbers for a…
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Ca: Data theft from Meals on Wheels reveals gap in provincial privacy legislation, expert says
Charles Rusnell and Jennie Russell report: The theft of a charity’s entire database containing the personal information of more than 27,000 clients, donors, volunteers and employees reveals a major gap in Alberta’s privacy legislation, an expert says. In a letter sent to those affected in early June, Meals on Wheels said it called Edmonton police on…
TX: Fraudster Who Stole Protected Health Information to Fund Spending Spree Sentenced to Prison
There’s an update to a previously noted case in Texas. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas on July 8: PLANO, Texas – A McKinney man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Demetrius Cervantes, 46, pleaded guilty…
NC: Hackers Steal Critical Customer Data From Bank Of Oak Ridge
Scott D. Yost reports: Social Security numbers. Bank account numbers. Dates of birth. Driver’s license numbers. Customers of the Bank of Oak Ridge have had all that information exposed due to a security breach. Hackers have hit the bank and unknown or undisclosed numbers of customers have had key data stolen. A letter informing customers…
Ie: Delayed cancer diagnoses fears over HSE cyberattack backlog
Niamh Griffin reports: Two months on from the cyberattack on the HSE and the consequences for patients are only starting to emerge, health professionals have warned. Vice-president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, Professor Rob Landers, said the IHCA has specific concerns around delayed cancer diagnoses. “If there is a high suspicion that a patient…
New Decision Narrows Scope of Georgia Computer Trespass Statute
Liisa Thomas and Snehal Desai of Sheppard Mullin write: The Georgia Supreme Court recently concluded that Georgia’s equivalent of the CFAA should be viewed narrowly, similar to the US Supreme Court’s recent, similar decision in Van Buren. In Kinslow v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court held that even if there is unauthorized use of a computer or computer network,…