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K–12 Cybersecurity Act Signed into Law

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

David Nagel reports: On Friday, Oct. 8, President Biden signed the K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021 into law. The act comes in response to growing data security incidents impacting K–12 schools in recent years, including a dramatic rise in ransomware and other forms of malware. On its own, the legislation is fairly simple: It authorizes the director of…

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Manhasset School District Victim of Ransomware?

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

Frank Rizzo reports: Manhasset School District Acting Superintendent of Schools Gaurav Passi, at the Oct. 7 board of education meeting, said that the district may have been the victim of ransomware. “At this time we can confirm that we have discovered ransomware in our system,” Passi said. “And that the malicious actor—or threat actor, as…

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The Dallas Independent School District breach impacted almost 800,000, but details are still lacking

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

On September 3, this site reported on a breach involving Dallas ISD in Texas. As noted at the time, details were lacking.  But now their external counsel has provided notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office and so we now know more: The breach, which reportedly occurred on June 8, impacted 795,497 individuals. [Note that…

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Je: Staff shortages blamed for lost medical records

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

A number of medical records – which are still kept in paper form in Jersey – went missing in the hospital in August, the Health Minster has confirmed. Read more on Jersey Evening Post. It’s not clear to me how being short-staffed led to missing records.  Did existing staff just fail to return records after…

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Three Men Charged with Laundering Proceeds of a Business Email Compromise Scheme

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

Oct.7 – ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging three individuals with money laundering and aggravated identity theft as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme. According to allegations in the superseding indictment, Onyewuchi Ibeh, 21, of Bowie, Maryland, Jason Joyner, 42, of Washington, D.C., and Mouaaz Elkhebri,…

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JDC Healthcare discloses ransomware incident; still figuring out who needs to be notified

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Dissent

DALLAS, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — JDC Healthcare Management LLC (“JDC”) is notifying individuals of an event that may affect the security of some personal information.  While, to date, JDC has no evidence that information has been or will be misused, JDC is providing information about the event, JDC’s response to it, and resources available to help…

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