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Comprehensive Health Services Pays False Claims Act Settlement Involving EMR Security

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dissent

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A healthcare services contractor has agreed to pay a $933,000 settlement in a federal whistleblower case involving alleged false claims by the entity about the security of electronic medical records containing the information of military personnel, diplomats and contractors. The settlement is the first under the Department of Justice’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative,…

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Ireland’s privacy watchdog sued for inaction over ‘massive Google data breach’

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dissent

Natasha Lomas reports: Ireland’s evasive response to a major security complaint filed against Google’s adtech the year the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into application is the target of a new lawsuit — which accuses the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of years of inaction over what the complainants assert is “the largest…

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Israeli government websites crash after ‘massive’ cyberattack, officials say

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dissent

Emanuel Fabian reports: Israeli government websites were downed for over an hour due to a major cyberattack on Monday evening, officials said. Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel held an assessment with officials due to the “broad cyberattack” on government websites, a statement from his office said. Users attempting to enter sites with gov.il extensions were unable…

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PayTM clarifies RBI bar on new customers

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dissent

Economic Times reports: The RBI barred Paytm Payments Bank from taking on new customers on March 11 because it had allowed data to flow to servers abroad in violation of India’s rules, and didn’t properly verify its customers, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Annual inspections by the Reserve Bank…

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State Bar Breach Exposed Thousands More Confidential Records Than Original Estimates, Investigation Shows

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dissent

Alaina Lancaster reports: More than 60,000 additional confidential attorney discipline records were exposed in a data breach of the State Bar of California’s case management system, according to an ongoing investigation. The bar’s IT incident response team and a third-party forensic firm calculated that more than 322,525 confidential records were available during the leak, compared to…

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Ukrainian hackers say HackerOne is blocking their bug bounty payouts (updated)

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: Ukrainian hackers and security researchers say bug bounty platform HackerOne is withholding their bug bounty rewards, in some cases thousands of dollars, and refusing to let hackers withdraw their earnings. Several hackers and researchers with affected HackerOne accounts said in tweets that HackerOne is blocking payouts, citing economic sanctions and export controls…

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