Catherine Knowles reports: Human error is the leading cause of serious privacy breaches, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC). Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says, “We are seeing clear patterns emerging since mandatory reporting of serious privacy breaches came into effect with the Privacy Act 2020 on…
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Vendors and HIPAA
Matt Fisher of Carium writes: An important part of establishing strong security for an organization rests with how it interacts with its vendors. The creation of a chain of entities creating, interacting with, storing, or otherwise handling sensitive patient information starts at the top, but can easily and frequently go down many layers. Given the…
Quest’s ReproSource faces patient lawsuit over data breach impacting 350K patients
Jessica Davis reports: One month after notifying 350,000 patients of a potential theft of their protected health information, ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics has been sued by a patient over alleged security failings. ReproSource is a clinical laboratory for fertility specialists and a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics. First disclosed Oct. 8, an attacker hacked into the ReproSource network in…
SUNY Geneseo student to face hacker in court two years after explicit photos were leaked
Carla Rogner reports: Natalie Claus is looking forward to graduating from SUNY Geneseo in December, but first she is focusing on another date on her calendar. On Wednesday, Claus will face a stranger in court, David Mondore, who hacked her snapchat account in December 2019 and sent an explicit photo saved in her private folder to…
FBI seized $2.2M from affiliate of REvil, Gandcrab ransomware gangs
Lawrence Abrams reports: The FBI seized $2.2 million in August from a well-known REvil and GandCrab ransomware affiliate, according to court documents seen by BleepingComputer. In a complaint unsealed today, the FBI seized 39.89138522 bitcoins worth approximately $2.2 million from an Exodus wallet on August 3rd, 2021. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Ottawa’s French public school board paid hackers a ransom following cyberattack
Ted Raymond reports: Ottawa’s French public school board says it was the victim of a network security breach in October and it paid the hackers a ransom to secure the stolen data. In a statement on its website, the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO) said it was notified of the cyberattack…