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Since June, two groups claim to have attacked The Eye Clinic Surgicenter. What do we know?

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Dissent

One cyberattack is distressing enough. But has The Eye Clinic Surgicenter been attacked by two different groups this year? Silence is not golden if patient data has already been leaked.  Last week, Meow Leaks added The Eye Clinic Surgicenter in Montana to their leak site. Meow’s site indicates that is offering 59 GB of files…

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SEC Charges Four Companies With Misleading Cyber Disclosures

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Dissent

Washington D.C., Oct. 22, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four current and former public companies – Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, and Mimecast Limited – with making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions. The SEC also charged Unisys with disclosure controls and procedures violations….

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $240,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Against Providence Medical Institute in HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation

Posted on October 5, 2024October 5, 2024 by Dissent

In April 20218, DataBreaches reported a ransomware incident in February 2018 that had affected 81,550 patients of the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) – Providence Medical Institute (PMI) in California. The entity’s notification at the time indicated that patients’ names, dates of birth, details about medical records, and Social Security numbers had been involved in the…

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New Data Breach Notification Obligations for Pennsylvania – and a New Reporting Portal

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Dissent

Liisa M. Thomas, Kathryn Smith of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP write: Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced yesterday the launch of an online portal for businesses to report data breaches to the AG’s office. The portal launch comes before Pennsylvania’s new breach amendments take effect on September 26, 2024. One of the amendments will require businesses to report…

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Silence may not be golden: Visiting Physicians Network still silent one year after alleged data breach?

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Dissent

In September 2023, DataBreaches reported on an alleged ransomware attack involving Visiting Physician’s Network in Texas. The report provided screenshots of data leaked on the Threeam gang’s leak site and noted that Visiting Physician’s Network did not respond to inquiries about the breach. It is now one year later. DataBreaches has found no substitute notice,…

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West Virginia law enforcement sues data broker for publishing personal information online

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Dissent

Suzanne Smalley reports: Whitepages is the latest data broker to be sued for allegedly flouting laws barring the publication of home addresses and other personal information belonging to judges, police officers, prosecutors and others in law enforcement. A retired West Virginia police officer filed a class action lawsuit against the company late last month for publishing his…

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