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Former Uber Chief Security Officer to Face Wire Fraud Charges

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dissent

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury handed down a superseding indictment today adding wire fraud to the list of charges pending against Joseph Sullivan for his role in the alleged attempted cover-up of the 2016 hack of Uber Technologies Incorporated, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI Special Agent in Charge…

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WV: Monongalia Health System notifies patients and employees of data breach

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dissent

Some reportable HIPAA breaches occur in the context of bad actors trying to re-route wire payments.  Monongalia Health System in West Virginia seems to have suffered that type of breach. The incident impacted the email system of Monongalia Health System and its affiliated hospitals, Monongalia County General Hospital Company and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company….

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Oops, did we miss these education sector breaches for k-12?

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dissent

Came across these today while researching something else, so I thought I would just list them here for those who track k-12 breaches. Coffeyville School District in Kansas had a data security incident in July of 2020 that they detected in August of 2020. Their notification letter of February 2021 indicates that names and SSN…

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CA: Man Charged With Hacking Student Accounts, Interrupting High School Classes

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

MyNewsLA reports: A 19-year-old was charged with illegally hacking into student Google Classroom accounts to post racist and homophobic photos, videos and comments in classes at his former high school, authorities announced Thursday. Aaron Ketelaar allegedly hacked into several accounts at Villa Park High School on Dec. 18, 2020, and posted racist photos and comments…

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US schools leaked 28.6 million records in 1,851 data breaches since 2005

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

Sam Cook reports: Since 2005, K–12 school districts and colleges/universities across the US have experienced over 1,850 data breaches, affecting more than 28.6 million records. Our team of researchers analyzed data over the past 15 years to find out where the hot spots are, the biggest causes of these breaches, and how many students have…

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FL: Detectives discover child porn on suspect’s computer during Polk State College data breach investigation

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

Fox News reports on a somewhat wild case. A man who had access to Polk State College through his work as a clinical coordinator for PSC for Lakeland Regional Health allegedly hacked PSC in revenge after he was fired from Lakeland after a positive drug test. The folks at PSC reportedly had nothing to do…

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