On May 12, 2022, Vicksburg-Warren School District in Mississippi issued a breach notification. Its explanation begins, “On or around May 28, 2021, VWSD detected unusual activity within its digital environment.” Investigation revealed that files with personal information “may have been accessed or acquired.” The “may have been” seems a bit vague given that threat actors calling…
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He thought he was logging in to his cryptocurrency account. Then hackers stole his life savings.
Ken Dilanian and Michelle Cho report: A few days before Christmas last year, Philip Martin sat in front of his computer to check his cryptocurrency balance. It was the beginning of what would become, for him, an ongoing nightmare. Martin told NBC News he thought he was typing the web address for his cryptocurrency exchange,…
IN: Schneck Medical Center notifying patients about data security incident
Schneck Medical Center announced Friday that it was notifying “a limited number” of patients of a data security incident that resulted in the access and exfiltration of some files containing protected health information (PHI). They do not indicate how many patients are being notified and the incident does not yet appear on HHS’s public breach…
Mint gets data breach claims dismissed
Alyssa M. Sones of SheppardMullin writes about a data breach lawsuit with a somewhat different, albeit unsuccessful, approach. Sones explains: Fraser’s allegation that Mint had a role in helping the hacker gain control of his phone number sets this case apart from the typical data breach case….. Fraser alleges that Mint allowed Fraser’s number to…
No need to hack when it’s leaking, Saturday edition: Cincinnati inadvertently posted employees’ personal data online
Dan Horn reports: Personal information for more than 2,000 current and former Cincinnati city employees appeared online for almost two weeks in April because of a mistake, city officials said Friday. The employee data includes names, addresses, insurance information and, in some cases, Social Security numbers. Read more at Cincinnati.com
Parker-Hannifin discloses breach affecting employee health plan data
On March 14, Parker-Hannifin discovered unauthorized access to to their IT systems that began three days earlier. Their investigation determined some files on Parker’s IT systems had been accessed and possibly acquired by the attacker. The information involved related to current and former employees, their dependents, and members of Parker’s Group Health Plans (including health…