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More Accusations About a Canadian Hacker in the Wake of a Hoax Email from FBI Portal

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Dissent

The email in my inbox on Friday night had the subject line, “Hey sexy,” and appeared to come from “[email protected]” <[email protected]>. Under normal circumstances, I would have just sent it to trash, but the Twitter user known to me as “Pompompurin,” had alerted me to check my email for what he described as a funny…

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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Education Should Take Additional Steps to Help Protect K-12 Schools from Cyber Threats

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Dissent

GAO-22-105024 Published: Oct 13, 2021. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2021. Highlights from the government report: What GAO Found Federal guidance, such as the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (National Plan), specify the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Secure…

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When I emailed Overlake OB/GYN in July about a ransomware attack in 2020, I didn’t anticipate what would happen next.

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Dissent

In December, 2019, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics discovered that some employees had fallen for a phishing scheme. On February 7, 2020, they reported the incident to HHS as impacting 109,234 patients. As HHS subsequently summarized things: After the breach, the [Covered Entity] implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the…

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VA: Hundreds of parents, students, staff at risk of identity theft as personal records found tossed on floor at Old Pulaski Middle School

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Dissent

Kelsey Jean-Baptiste reports: Concerns about confidential records being found thrown on the ground of the Old Pulaski Middle School have many worried. Hundreds of students, teachers, and staff are now at risk of having their private information stolen. Pulaski School superintendent, Dr. Kevin Siers says the documents date back to the 1970s. In pictures given…

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Mom says her 11-year-old son hacked into his school’s virtual system and shut down classes

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Dissent

That feeling when you are told your child is some kind of evil genius/master criminal who has been sabotaging the school district’s network for months…. Jeroslyn Johnson reports: A mom recently went viral on TikTok after finally revealing all the trouble her 11-year-old son has been in due to his amazing tech skills. TikTok user @VictoriaPrettyMuch took to TikTok…

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Threat actors add Johnson Memorial Health to dark web leak site

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Dissent

Johnson Memorial Health in Indiana was the victim of a ransomware incident in early October that was quickly reported in the press: The hackers gained access to the hospital’s network at 10:31 p.m. Friday and installed ransomware by 10:33 p.m. The hospital’s IT team discovered the attack within about 15 minutes and immediately shut down…

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