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Growing Cyberthreats, Surging Insurance Costs

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Dissent

Suzanne Smalley reports: Higher education institutions seeking cybersecurity insurance today are not unlike homeowners living on the water in a hurricane-prone coastal community: the riskier the environment, the harder it is to get insured. For both community colleges and four-year institutions, cyberthreats are now very pronounced, and that reality has led to more institutions facing…

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NJ: Cancer Care Providers Will Adopt New Security Measures and Pay $425,000 to Settle Investigation into Two Data Breaches

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Dissent

CONSENT ORDER NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs has reached a settlement with three New Jersey-based providers of cancer care that the State alleges failed to adequately safeguard patient data, exposing the personal and protected health information of 105,200 consumers, including 80,333 New Jersey residents. Under…

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Long Island Jewish school’s website hacked with Nazi images, slurs

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Dissent

Fox News reports: Anti-Semitic images, slurs and songs were posted on the website of a Jewish school in Long Island on Monday in an apparent hack, video shows. The North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s homepage was splattered with a Swastika and clip of marching Nazi SS guards, according to the footage posted on Twitter. […]…

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ID: Ransomware attacks Shelley School District computers

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Dissent

Local8 reports: The Shelley School District was a victim of a ransomware attack. The attack was discovered on Dec. 6. We are told no student information was lost and all of the district’s financial information is also safe. They were able to catch the malware before it got to those servers. They reported the incident to…

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Officials: Virginia IT agency hit with ransomware attack

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

Sarah Rankin and Alan Suderman report: The information technology agency that serves Virginia’s legislature has been hit by a ransomware attack that has substantially affected its operations, state officials said Monday. Gov. Ralph Northam’s spokeswoman, Alena Yarmosky, confirmed the attack on Virginia’s Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Read more at AP

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Woman finds medical records stacked next to recycling bin in Sharpstown neighborhood

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

Re’Chelle Turner reports: A woman said she discovered medical records, which included private information, which was left in the middle of a southwest Houston neighborhood. “I was shocked with all the HIPPA [sic] rules now. I was very surprised,” she said. The woman, who did not want to be identified, said she saw something unusual…

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