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Hacker who posted ‘pwned’ on MIAA website says they hoped to help expose security flaws

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Dissent

Tom Westerholm reports: A hacker who goes by the screen names “netsaosa” and “g0retrance” got into the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) website on Monday and posted “pwned,” briefly derailing the release of the MIAA’s official statewide brackets for state tournament games. Reporters noted the delay before MassLive.com’s Meredith Perri realized the site was compromised. A pop-up in…

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KS: Company that dumped private records in public trash is fined

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Dissent

AP reports: A national company will pay nearly $500,000 in fines for improperly disposing of documents that contained personal information of clients, the Kansas Attorney General’s Office said. Attorney General Derek Schmidt sued SearchTec, which has a satellite office in Kansas, in 2017. Read more on Lexington Herald-Leader. From the Kansas Attorney General’s Office: TOPEKA…

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South Carolina School District reports security incident

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Dissent

Sarah Coble reports: A school district in South Carolina is investigating a “cyber-incident” that it says impacted hundreds of staff computers. On October 4, some of the networks of Colleton County School District stopped operating. The unusual activity was detected by the district’s information technology staff, who determined that a cybersecurity incident had occurred. Read more on InfoSecurity. From…

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Las Vegas Cancer Center hit by ransomware over Labor Day weekend; 3,000 patients notified

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Dissent

KTNV reports that the Las Vegas Cancer Center was the victim of a ransomware attack over the Labor Day Weekend. The attack was discovered on September 7, when the center re-opened.  The attackers reportedly accessed encrypted data.  Patient data is in proprietary format and the center believes it would not be usable to the threat actors….

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Martin County tax collector still silent amid cyberattack, message to them posted on dark web

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Dissent

CBS in Florida reported this on October 29: CBS12 News is still waiting to hear back from the Martin County Tax Collector about a cyberattack. CBS12 News has been reaching out for more than a week, but the only time it’s been addressed is on a Facebook post that said in part “steps are being taken to…

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TN: Professional Healthcare Management discloses ransomware incident

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Dissent

PHM’s press release, followed by this site’s comments/notes: MEMPHIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Professional Healthcare Management, Inc. (“PHM”)1, located in Memphis, Tennessee, announced today that it recently became aware of a data privacy incident impacting its servers, which contained protected health and personal information of some PHM clients and employees. PHM is a business that primarily operates in the…

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