A former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from the theft of proprietary software and sensitive databases from the U.S. government. According to court documents, Charles K. Edwards, 61, of Sandy Spring, Maryland, executed a scheme to steal confidential…
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Accellion reaches $8.1 mln settlement to resolve data breach litigation
Sara Merken reports: Accellion Inc has reached an $8.1 million deal with a proposed nationwide class to end litigation over a breach of its legacy file transfer product, a platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files, according to settlement papers filed in California federal court. The Palo Alto-based tech company faced…
Kronos hackers stole personal info of Metro-North workers, MTA says
David Meyer reports: Ransomware hackers who breached the network of MTA timeclock provider Kronos made off with the personal information of several current and former Metro-North employees, transit leadership said Thursday. “Kronos recently informed us that some files containing personal information of some current and former MTA employees at one of our agencies – Metro-North Railroad –…
OH: Memorial Health System notifies 216,478 patients of malware incident last July
In November, Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System notified HHS of a breach. The number affected was submitted as 501 — a number that this site often interprets as just a marker to show that the entity knows there was more than 500 patients to notify, but hasn’t yet figured out exactly…
COVID testing appointment scheduling service discovers data breach
Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On or around November 30, 2021, Practolytics LLC (“Practolytics”) learned that it experienced a data security incident. A client-generated report containing COVID testing appointment information, which would normally be deactivated following initial download, remained active. Upon discovery, Practolytics took immediate steps to deactivate and delete the download link to prevent further…
School’s out as cyberattack forces Albuquerque Public Schools to cancel classes
Olivier Uytterbrouck and Jessica Dyer report: A cyberattack against Albuquerque Public Schools prompted the state’s largest district to cancel all classes districtwide on Thursday and possibly Friday. APS Superintendent Scott Elder said the attack was discovered Wednesday morning “when teachers tried to log onto our student information system and were unable to gain access to…