It seems I missed an announcement that another North Carolina community college got hit with ransomware (or is this the mysterious listing I saw briefly on a dedicated leak site but it was gone before I could note the name and details?). In any event, on August 24, Piedmont Community College (PCC) in North Carolina…
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Ex-Trillium Health employee accused of hacking co-workers, stealing nude photos
Will Cleveland reports: A former technology employee at Trillium Health is accused of accessing the personal information of numerous co-workers and stealing nude photographs and videos of them, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ameer Elashmawy, 28, a former Trillium information systems security support coordinator, is charged with unauthorized access of a protected computer…
Aetna Pays $1,000,000 to Settle Three HIPAA Breaches
A new press release from HHS today reveals that multiple breaches in 2017 contributed to HHS finding significant problems with Aetna: Aetna Life Insurance Company and the affiliated covered entity (Aetna) has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to…
Update: St. Lawrence Health confirms ransomware attack
Yesterday, this site suggested that reports coming out of the St. Lawrence Health System sounded like a ransomware attack. The system has subsequently confirmed that computers at Canton-Potsdam, Massena and Gouverneur hospitals were hit with ransomware, which the system describes as a never-before seen variant of Ryuk ransomware. Hospital officials also claim that it appears that…
Cyber attack on WI’s unemployment system exposes banking information
Amanda St. Hilaire reports: The Department of Workforce Development says Wisconsin was one of several states to detect “unauthorized intrusions of state UI data originating from Japan, South Korea, Russia, and inside the U.S.” A spokesperson says the department believes the cyber attack or attacks were able to access 116 active unemployment accounts. Fischer said…
Picture of man’s genitalia shows up on screen during virtual class for students in Virginia Beach
All Weatherton reports: Virginia Beach City Public Schools said it’s investigating after someone hacked into a Zoom classroom filled with 5th graders and showed a picture of a man’s body parts on the screen. The students typically go to Windsor Oaks Elementary School but are learning virtually due to coronavirus. The incident happened on Friday…