This article by Alexander Castro originally appeared in Rhode Island Current on January 10, 2025 and is republished here under Creative Commons License. It was updated to replace several paragraphs in the “Slow Leak” section to include a response Deloitte sent the author post-publication. Rhode Island’s online public benefits system appears to be a fortress…
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Nine months after discovering a ransomware attack, Teton Orthopaedics notifies patients
On March 25, DataBreaches entered Teton Orthopaedics’ name on a monthly worksheet this site uses for tracking breaches in the healthcare sector. The entry wasn’t based on any report by Teton Orthopaedics or media, and DataBreaches had been unable to find any notice by the provider. The entry was based on a claim by the…
PowerSchool Sued Over December Breach of Student, Teacher Data
Christopher Brown reports: PowerSchool Holdings Inc. is facing three federal lawsuits alleging the education software provider negligently failed to protect the personal information of students, parents, and teachers that was exposed in a December data breach. Sheilah Buack-Shelton, Tyler Baker, and Kimberly Kinney alleged in separate complaints that PowerSchool breached its duties under common law,…
PowerSchool Incident: A few resources for teachers, parents, and former students (2)
DataBreaches is trying to keep up with updates from PowerSchool, but from the outset, DataBreaches has recommended districts, parents, and teachers assume the worst — i.e., assume that all of the data really weren’t deleted permanently. On the premise of better safe than sorry, and reminding people that PowerSchool’s attorney is not YOUR attorney, here…
Hong Kong privacy watchdog warns URA over leaked details of 199 tenants, owners
Jess Ma reports: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has served a warning letter to the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) over its failure to prevent a leak of the personal details of 199 tenants and owners stored on a cloud platform. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data issued an investigation report on Thursday and…
Hackers Claim To Have Compromised Data Broker Used By U.S. Government To Dodge Warrants
Over on TechDirt, Karl Bode writes: Gravy Analytics, the parent company of Venntel, is like many dodgy data brokers. The company gleans vast troves of sensitive U.S. behavior and location cellphone data, then generally sells access to that data to a long line of folks. Including the U.S. government, which has increasingly turned to buying…