The following enforcement action was related to FTC action, also announced today, but is a separate settlement with states. The following press release is from Connecticut’s Attorney General: (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General Tong announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, co-led by Connecticut, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as…
From the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission will require Marriott International, Inc. and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the companies’ failure to implement reasonable data security led to three large data breaches from 2014 to 2020 impacting more than 344…
Mark Furnish and Jane M. Preston of Greenberg Traurig, LLP write: A new regulation related to cybersecurity program requirements for all New York general hospitals licensed under Article 28 of the Public Health Law (PHL) took effect Oct. 2, 2024. All general hospitals must comply with the new provisions within one year of the adoption…
Executive Summary Trinity ransomware is a relatively new threat actor, known for employing a double extortion strategy. This method involves exfiltrating sensitive data before encrypting files, thereby increasing pressure on victims to pay the ransom. This ransomware uses the ChaCha20 encryption algorithm, and encrypted files are tagged with the “.trinitylock” file extension. Trinity operates a…
In April 20218, DataBreaches reported a ransomware incident in February 2018 that had affected 81,550 patients of the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) – Providence Medical Institute (PMI) in California. The entity’s notification at the time indicated that patients’ names, dates of birth, details about medical records, and Social Security numbers had been involved in the…
Sage Smiley reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said that it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the Alaska Department of Corrections. But the software company at the center of the complaint claims that’s “false and misleading,” and that there was no breach of data…