KWWL reports: In a message to families and staff on Friday, the Cedar Rapids School District (CRCSD) said it paid a third-party entity in an attempt to stop vital information from being released during a recent cyber security incident. The letter sent to parents, viewable on KWWL’s site, says: As part of the process to…
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Waterloo Region District School Board confirms ‘student information was accessed’ during July cyber incident
Chris Thomson reports: Waterloo Region’s public school board has confirmed that “certain student information was accessed” during a cyber incident last month. An email sent to Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) students and families Friday evening stated that the board is still investigating “the full scope of the impact on student information” and will…
USAA Must Face Lawsuit Over Driver’s License Disclosures
Samantha Hawkins reports: United Services Automobile Association must face claims that it disclosed individuals’ driver’s license numbers to cybercriminals, after a federal judge in Manhattan refused to dismiss the suit. Vincent Doland and Christine Mapes sued the insurance company under the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act and New York State General Business Law, claiming that cybercriminals used…
UK: Around 5,000 Dorset hospital patient images deleted
Andrew Goldman reports: Thousands of radiology images, including breast screenings, of Dorset patients have been accidentally deleted. University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has insisted implications to patients are “very low” after the Echo discovered approximately 5,000 health images taken during a period in 2019 were wiped during a routine archive process. Images lost include 214 clinical…
Judge Investigates Alex Jones’ Legal Team After Sandy Hook Medical Records Are Leaked
Mary Papenfuss reports: The judge in a Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit against far-right conspiracy podcaster Alex Jones has launched an investigation of his legal team after the medical records of school parents were leaked. Medical and psychiatric records of some parents and relatives of the children killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in…
When 2+2 = OMG: Two hospitals, two breaches each, both discovered in same month.
Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions provided notice on Friday concerning a breach on January 20, 2022, when an unauthorized individual accessed a Microsoft Office 365-hosted business email account. Conifer discovered the breach on April 14, 2022. The email account is separate from Conifer’s internal network and systems, which were not impacted. But the compromise enabled the…