In May of 2021, San Diego Family Care disclosed a data breach that resulted from a ransomware attack on their hosting provider, Netgain Technology. In a class action lawsuit, complainants alleged that SDFC failed to protect patients’ information adequately and that SDFC did not promptly notify patients after learning of the breach. The lawsuit has…
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Motion for Preliminary Approval of Accellion Data Breach Settlement Filed in California Federal Court
Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs writes: This week Plaintiffs in thirteen consolidated cases brought against Accellion and other defendants filed a motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in California federal court. This development is notable for its resolution (if approved) only as to Accellion and for the categories of relief offered…
PA House Committee advances Data Breach Notification legislation
George Stockburger reports: The Pennsylvania House State Government Committee has sent to the full House of Representatives for consideration Sen. Dan Laughlin’s legislation that would require state agencies to notify victims of a data breach within one week. Under Senate Bill 696, any state agency, county, municipality, public school or third-party vendor that conducts business with…
Confidential Record Leak Leaves CalBar, Lawyers, Clients Exposed
David McAfee reports: California’s state bar association, which is responsible for licensing and regulating more than 250,000 lawyers in the most populous US state, is itself under scrutiny for a data leak that allowed confidential client complaint and attorney disciplinary record data to be captured by a free court records website. As many as 322,500…
Tenafly Public Schools Canceled Finals After Ransomware Attack
Jackie Roman reported this on June 9: Tenafly Public Schools went back to the basics this week — using overhead projectors, paper, pencils and hands-on activities in classrooms — when a ransomware attack crippled the district’s computer system. Final exams were also canceled for all of the district’s high school students as the Bergen County…
SCOOP: Glenn County Office of Education paid $400k ransom after ransomware attack
On May 12, the Sacramento Valley Mirror (SVM) reported on a ransomware attack on the Glenn County Office of Education and school districts. According to GlennCOE, the attack began in the early morning of May 10, and as SVM reported: Put out of commission systemwide for GCOE, school districts, and schools were the Internet, the…