From a summary of Rhode Island’s data breach notification law, as summarized by PerkinsCoie: Notification Obligation. Any Entity to which the statute applies shall provide notification of (i) any disclosure of PI or (ii) any breach of the security of the system, that poses a significant risk of identity theft to any resident of RI whose unencrypted PI…
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Cops Are Just Trolling Cybercriminals Now
Matt Burgess reports: Russian cybercriminals are almost untouchable. For years, hackers based in the country have launched devastating ransomware attacks against hospitals, critical infrastructure, and businesses, causing billions in losses. But they’re out of reach of Western law enforcement and largely ignored by the Russian authorities. When police do take the criminals’ servers and websites offline, they’re often…
Japan Man Arrested for Creating Virus Using Generative AI Systems; ‘I Thought I Could Do Anything if I Asked AI’
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: A 25-year-old unemployed man from Kawasaki has been arrested for allegedly creating a computer virus by using interactive generative artificial intelligence available online. This is believed to be the first case in the nation related to the creation of viruses using generative AI systems. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Ryuki Hayashi…
More than 540,000 patients notified so far about Cencora/Lash Group data breach (9)
– Only partial numbers so far – Only partial list of clients so far – No group has as yet claimed responsibility for the hack and data exfiltration As the week draws to a close, clients of Cencora and The Lash Group have been submitting breach notifications to state attorneys general. DataBreaches reported in February…
Mālama I Ke Ola Health Center cyberattack affecting services
The Mālama I Ke Ola Health Center Team discovered a breach on May 7 that they initially described as an IT or tech incident. They have now made it clearer that this was a cyberattack. In a statement on their website on May 23, they write: Aloha Patients & Community We recently learned of an…
Negotiating with health care hackers
Ben Leonard and Chelsea Cirruzzo of Politico report: YOU’VE BEEN HACKED. NOW WHAT? Health care companies are retaining help — often from Silicon Valley — to manage ransomware attacks. The debilitating breaches at Change Healthcare, owned by UnitedHealth Group, in February and Ascension last month come as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of a specific…