John Shirek reports: After a major data breach exposed more than six million voters’ personal information, Georgia’s secretary of state says the state will offer free credit monitoring and restoration to those affected. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brian Kemp said the free credit monitoring should help reassure voters. Read more on 11Alive.
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Kalahari Resorts in Wisconsin and Ohio hit by payment card breach
From their notice of December 1 (and no, this isn’t related to the Starwood properties’ breach disclosed recently): Kalahari Resorts recently became aware of a possible security incident involving credit and debit card data reportedly used at our food & beverage, retail and spa outlets at our Wisconsin (1305 Kalahari Dr., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965)…
Computer company sues gaming establishment and its employees over alleged software theft
Vimbai Chikomo reports: The owner of a computer software company in Abita Springs is suing over claims of copyright infringement. On Nov. 9, Glenn Golden, the owner of G2 Database Marketing Inc., filled a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Clear Advantage Marketing, Wild Rose Entertainment, Wild Rose…
Santa Barbara Public Health Notifying Patients After Employee Accessed Records Without Authorization
Gina Pothoff reports: Some 260 patients with records in the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department will receive notification letters explaining that a Health Care Center employee illegally accessed their personal health information. The department announced the unauthorized data breach Wednesday, saying a staff member accessed electronic information for an unapproved academic research project. Read more on…
Cottage Health Notifying 11,000 Patients Whose Records Were Exposed
Tom Bolton reports that Cottage Health, which suffered a HIPAA breach in 2013 due to a vendor error (by InSync) that exposed over 50,000 patients‘ information, has suffered another exposure breach: Cottage Health’s efforts to protect the confidentiality of hospital patient records suffered a setback earlier this fall when one of its computer servers was found to be…
Chinese government has arrested hackers it says breached OPM database
If I knew emojis, I’d include one for “highly skeptical” to accompany this story. Ellen Nakashima reports: The Chinese government recently arrested a handful of hackers it says were connected to the breach of Office of Personnel Management’s database earlier this year, a mammoth break-in that exposed the records of more than 22 million current…