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Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Dissent

Sergui Gatlan reports: The Boston Public Library (BPL) has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. BPL serves almost 4 million visitors per year through its central library, twenty-five neighborhood branches, and millions more online. Read more on BleepingComputer.

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Berkeley High alum, 19, posted stolen nude photos of underage girls online, police say

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Dissent

Emilie Raguso reports: A former Berkeley High School student is facing multiple felony charges this week after police say he hacked into the accounts of nine female BHS students, stole nude photographs from them and posted the images online. Authorities say 19-year-old Liam Burgmann, a Berkeley resident, was found in possession of more than 600 images…

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California DOJ Must Be Notified About Breaches of the Health Data of 500 or More California Residents

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Dissent

HIPAA Journal reminds us all that states can require notification to the state of breaches that are also covered by HIPAA and can take enforcement action if they are not reported: Recently, there have been several instances where the California DOJ has not been notified about ransomware attacks on California healthcare facilities, even though the…

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Fresno Unified School District notifying people after discovering backup device with names and SSNs was missing

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Dissent

The Fresno Unified School District experienced a breach when they discovered in March that specific storage media used to perform computer backups was missing from storage. According to their notification to the California Attorney General’s Office, the missing storage media contained names and Social Security numbers. The notification does not mention whether this was just employee…

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La Puente man impersonated Apple customer support to steal 620,000 iCloud photos in plot to find images of nude women

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Dissent

Michael Finnegan reports: A Los Angeles County man broke into thousands of Apple iCloud accounts and collected more than 620,000 private photos and videos in a plot to steal and share images of nude young women, federal authorities say. Hao Kuo Chi, 40, of La Puente, has agreed to plead guilty to four felonies, including…

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Internal emails raise questions about government’s investigation into Walgreens privacy breach

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Dissent

I am so glad to see a follow-up on this case because I had the same questions about how and why Walgreens did not suffer the same federal penalties as CVS and Rite Aid for the same infringement of HIPAA. My original coverage of this breach is no longer online as the former version of…

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