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Posted on October 15, 2024October 25, 2024 by Dissent

Update of October 24 — We have made excellent progress, I think, but are still investigating some things that were broken. If you spot or experience any problems, please let me know via email to fixitfolks@databreaches[.]net.

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Attorney General Tong Co-Leads $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Database

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Dissent

The following enforcement action was related to FTC action, also announced today, but is a separate settlement with states. The following press release is from Connecticut’s Attorney General: (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General Tong announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, co-led by Connecticut, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as…

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FTC Takes Action Against Marriott and Starwood Over Multiple Data Breaches

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Dissent

From the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission will require Marriott International, Inc. and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the companies’ failure to implement reasonable data security led to three large data breaches from 2014 to 2020 impacting more than 344…

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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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Au: Free support for small businesses that face cyber attacks

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dissent

Brittney Levinson reports: The $11.1 million small business cyber resilience service will offer free, one-on-one assistance to small business owners to help them recover from and build resilience against cyber attacks. The federal government has appointed IDCARE, a not-for-profit advisory group, to run the service. Minister for Small Business Julie Collins said a cyber incident…

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Alaska Corrections contractor denies ACLU claim of ‘massive’ prisoner health data breach

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dissent

Sage Smiley reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said that it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the Alaska Department of Corrections. But the software company at the center of the complaint claims that’s “false and misleading,” and that there was no breach of data…

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