Alexandra Jones reports: The Supreme Court unanimously shot down the government’s broad reading of identity theft law Thursday in a decision that will shorten the prison sentence of an Austin psychologist who defrauded Medicaid. “While the Government represents that prosecutors will act responsibly in charging defendants under its sweeping reading, this Court ‘cannot construe a…
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Barracuda says hacked ESG appliances must be replaced immediately
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Email and network security company Barracuda warns customers they must replace Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances hacked in attacks targeting a now-patched zero-day vulnerability. “Impacted ESG appliances must be immediately replaced regardless of patch version level,” the company warned in an update to the initial advisory issued on Tuesday. “Barracuda’s remediation recommendation at this…
Perhaps victims shouldn’t be so quick to claim “no evidence so far…”
In November 2022, Pearland ISD in Texas informed parents and employees about a breach and told them that ongoing investigation so far had shown no evidence that any sensitive information had been accessed by anyone outside of the district. In June 2023, Pearland sent letters to 55,486 people whose personal information had been accessed or acquired…
Pennsylvania Senate committee approves Phillips-Hill’s measure to protect student data, privacy
The Senate Education Committee approved the Student Data Privacy and Protection Act, according to the measure’s sponsor Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). Senate Bill 565 modernizes Pennsylvania law to accommodate student information being stored online, as well as students learning and attending school online. As is currently stands, student-related data is being generated, collected, and stored within…
Data on as many as 100,000 Nova Scotia healthcare staff stolen in MOVEit breach
As most people know by now, there are a LOT of victims from Clop’s attack on Progress MoveIT. So many, in fact, that they posted an announcement to all victims, giving the victims until June 14 to contact Clop to negotiate payment to delete data. The Boots pharmacy chain in the U.K. was affected, but…
Houston ISD investigating how students’ personal documents ended up on the street
Daniela Hurtado reports: Several students’ records were found scattered on the road and sidewalks outside an elementary school in southwest Houston on Tuesday. Houston ISD is now working to learn how paperwork with personal information like student addresses ended up there. Documents like report cards, folders of completed field trip forms, parent phone numbers, and…