Greg Davis reports: Two employees at Campbellford Memorial Hospital have been released following recent privacy breaches, the hospital announced Friday afternoon. The hospital in the Municipality of Trent Hills says it “discovered and confirmed” two employees had “inappropriately” accessed patient information affecting approximately 500 individuals. Both employees have been “dismissed.” Read more at Global News.
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Anonymous Claims It Hacked Russian Orthodox Church, Leaked 15 GB Data And 57,500 Emails
Ajay Sharma reports: Hacker group Anonymous has launched another attack on Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Lipetsk Mechanical Plant, which manufactures components for anti-aircraft missile launchers and other military equipment, were hacked by them on Friday. The hacker group posted on Twitter that they have merged and posted about 15 GB of…
Rattled by RIPTA breach that affected 22,000, lawmakers propose policy changes
Antonia Noori Farzan reports: Lawmakers say that last year’s breach of Rhode Island Public Transit Authority computer systems highlighted glaring problems with the way the state responds to the theft of people’s personal data. […] DiPalma’s bill, S 2664, is designed to expand the protections and reporting requirements outlined in the Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015. A companion bill, H…
Charity Pays Over $8 Million to Resolve Federal Embezzlement, Bribery Investigation
Preferred Family Healthcare, a Springfield, Missouri-based non-profit, will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under the terms of a non-prosecution agreement announced yesterday, which acknowledges the criminal conduct of its former officers and employees. “Preferred Family Healthcare must relinquish the illegal profits it…
Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged with hacking for notorious gang
Joe Tidy reports: Two teenagers from the UK have been charged by police over hacking for a notorious cyber-crime gang. A 16 and 17-year-old will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday. The boys have been charged with multiple cyber-offences and remain in police custody. The teens were arrested as part of an international…
Solar Winds can’t dodge investor suit over massive cyberattack
Stephen Paulsen reports: An Austin-based tech company may be liable to investors after it suffered a major security breach that caused its stock price to plummet, a federal judge ruled. Although that company, SolarWinds, was itself a victim of the breach, the company may had acted recklessly in protecting its software, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman…