Andy Greenberg reports: Police forces around the world have increasingly used hacking tools to identify and track protesters, expose political dissidents’ secrets, and turn activists’ computers and phones into inescapable eavesdropping bugs. Now, new clues in a case in India connect law enforcement to a hacking campaign that used those tools to go an appalling step…
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IN : Schneck Medical Center sued over 2021 data breach
On September 29, 2021, Schneck Medical Center in Indiana announced that it had been the victim of a cyberattack. But it wasn’t until May, 2022, that the medical center began notifying what they characterized as a “limited number” of patients about the incident. As DataBreaches reported at the time, their notification left important questions unaddressed. …
LA: Third party data breach compromises local checking accounts
Jade Moreau reports: Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – Numerous reports of bank account fraud are circulating throughout Southwest Louisiana. 7 News has heard many complaints from people who say their checking accounts may have been involved in a data breach. One area bank even said they had dozens of people closing accounts and creating new…
FTC Weighs In On Data Breach Notification
Liisa M. Thomas, Kari M. Rollins, and Julia K. Kadish of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP write: The FTC recently reminded companies that principles of fairness and the likelihood of harm may in some cases prompt breach notification. This requirement might exist even if state breach notice laws have not been triggered. The FTC emphasized at the…
Password recovery from beyond the grave
Richard Speed writes: Every disaster recovery plan needs to contain the “hit by a bus” scenario. But have you ever retrieved a password from beyond the grave? One Register reader has. Welcome to On Call. Today’s tale, told by a reader Regomized as “Mark” takes us back some 15 years when he was handling the…
San Diego Family Care Settles Data Breach Class Action for $1 Million
In May of 2021, San Diego Family Care disclosed a data breach that resulted from a ransomware attack on their hosting provider, Netgain Technology. In a class action lawsuit, complainants alleged that SDFC failed to protect patients’ information adequately and that SDFC did not promptly notify patients after learning of the breach. The lawsuit has…