Mike Deak reports: Two Somerset County school districts were the targets of suspected cyber attacks in the past week. Schools in both Hillsborough and Bernards were closed for a day after cyber attacks were suspected. Hillsborough schools were closed on Monday and Bernards schools were closed April 7. Schools in both districts were open the following…
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Software developer charged with damaging the computer system of a Cleveland company
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned an indictment charging Davis Lu, 51, of Houston, Texas, with one count of damaging protected computers. The Defendant is accused of using his position as a software developer to execute malicious code on his employer’s computer servers. The…
Ca: Data Breach Class Actions: Canadian Courts Taking a Harder Look
Brent J. Arnold and Alexanda Psellas of Gowling WLG write: The recent Ontario decision in Karasik v. Yahoo! Inc.,[1] suggests that while many plaintiffs’ lawyers anticipated a future of massive payouts for data breach class actions in Canada, recent court decisions predict a different course. The beginning of what may be an emerging consensus across provinces and…
NY: Montefiore Medical Center discloses fourth insider-wrongdoing breach in seven months
Montefiore Medical Center in New York is notifying patients of yet another insider-wrongdoing breach. Read their press release below and then the comments after it. April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Montefiore Medical Center is notifying some patients about a security breach involving information illegally accessed by a former employee. Categories of personal information accessed varied…
Singapore public servant, another woman to be charged over COVID-19 data leak
Yahoo! reports: A female civil servant and another woman, both 36, will be charged on Wednesday (14 April) over alleged leaks of the daily updates of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore prior to their official release, the police said on Tuesday (13 April). The public servant will be charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA)…
Baltimore County Public Schools takes responsibility for data breach that affected teachers
Tim Tooten reports: More than 2,500 of Baltimore County Public School system employees have had their personal information compromised and the district said it’s their fault. It follows a number of technology issues the school system has been dealing with since November. School officials said they learned about the technology failure in January, but letters…