Sean Lyngaas reports: A sweeping cybersecurity breach of congressional members’ private information was more extensive than previously known and affects not only House lawmakers and their staff but also Senate employees. The Senate sergeant-at-arms alerted Senate staff about the breach Thursday in an email obtained by CNN. The compromised data is “extensive,” and includes sensitive data such…
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Cerebral Inc. notifying 3,179,835 patients of tracking technologies breach
Cerebral Inc. has notified HHS of a breach affecting 3,179,835 individuals. They are the latest entity to report a breach due to exposing personal or protected health information data through tracking analytics. According to April Strauss, Esq.: On March 6, 2023, Cerebral began sending emails to users of its platforms, admitting that it uses pixels…
Boonton Police Captain Allegedly Steals Computer Towers, Internal Affairs Records
Frank L. Cahill reports: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin confirmed charges against a Boonton police captain who allegedly stole his internal affairs records and computer hardware containing police data from the Boonton Police Department. Stephen Jones, 42, of Toms River, has been charged with computer theft, tampering with public records, and other offenses in connection…
Asante Notifies More than 8,800 Patients Whose Records Appeared to Be Inappropriately Accessed by a Physician
Asante provides healthcare services in southern Oregon and northern California. On February 28, it issued a notice about an insider-wrongdoing incident. As they describe it on their site, they became aware of a concern that a doctor with admitting privileges, Dr. Paul Hoffman, may have accessed a number of patients’ records without a valid clinical…
AT&T Notifying some wireless customers of vendor incident
AT&T has been notifying some wireless customers of an incident involving an unnamed vendor. In a notice sent to a customer who shared it with DataBreaches, AT&T wrote: AT&T’s commitment to customer privacy and data security is a top priority. We recently determined that an unauthorized person breached a vendor’s system and gained access to…
City of Waynesboro targeted in cyber attack
Anahita Jafary reports: Some personal information in floating around in cyberspace after a ransomware attack against the city of Waynesboro. The city’s manager, Mike Hamp, said in a statement they were notified of a potential cyberattack in January. It affected Waynesboro’s information technology infrastructure. Hamp declined to meet or speak with NBC29, but in the…