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U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Anti-Hacking Law’s Limits on Access

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Dissent

Andrea Vittorio reports: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument Nov. 30 over the scope of an anti-hacking law in a case that has implications for cybersecurity research, and other situations where computer access is in question. The case, Van Buren v. United States, involves whether people who misuse their authorized access can be…

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Networking equipment vendor Belden discloses data breach

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: American networking equipment vendor Belden said it was hacked in a press release published earlier this week. Belden says the security breach took place after hackers gained access to a limited number of its file servers. Read more on ZDNet.

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Two more k-12 school districts allegedly hit by ransomware threat actors

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Dissent

Spring Independent School District in Houston, Texas is closed for Thanksgiving week, but I wonder if any of their staff are working anyway in response to a claimed ransomware attack by Egregor threat actors. There is no date on Egregor’s site to show when they claim to have locked up the district’s files. And they…

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Service provider to fertility clinics discloses malware attack

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Dissent

A press release from US Fertility (“USF”) follows.  The Center for Fertility and Gynecology in California is not listed among USF entities in the press release. I mention that because the Center for Fertility and Gynecology still has not posted anything on their site or issued any press release about a ransomware attack that NetWalker…

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Fairchild Medical Center server was exposing patient information for 4.5 years until a security firm alerted them

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Dissent

Ugh. Fairchild Medical Center had a misconfigured server exposing PHI from December 16, 2015 until they were alerted to the problem in late July by an unnamed security company who discovered the exposure. Here’s their press release, below. Note that this does not (yet) appear on HHS’s breach tool. YREKA, Calif., Nov. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In…

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PA: Part of Delaware County Computer System Down After Attacked By Hackers

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Dissent

Chad Pradelli and Cheryl Mettendorf report: Cybercriminals have attacked the Delaware County, Pennsylvania government network and taken it hostage. The criminals are demanding $500,000 to free it up. Sources told Action News, the cybercriminals gained control of the network on Saturday encrypting files, including police reports, payroll, purchasing, and other databases. Prosecution evidence, however, has…

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