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Lake George Land Conservancy reports they recovered from a ransomware attack by use of a backup, no ransom paid

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dissent

Chad Arnold reports: The Lake George Land Conservancy is in the process of upgrading its servers after experiencing a ransomware attack last month. The organization, which works to preserve land surrounding Lake George, announced the Sept. 23 security breach in a letter posted to its website Wednesday. Read more on The Post-Star. It sounds like…

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OH: 11 charged in conspiracy to steal account information, money from bank customers

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dissent

October 9 — A federal grand jury has charged 11 Cincinnatians in a conspiracy to steal bank customers’ information in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in an indictment unsealed here today. According to the indictment, five of the defendants were employed as customer service representatives at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, and in conspiracy with…

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HI: Potential data breach exposed in state’s travel exemption request system

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dissent

HNN Staff report: The state is investigating a potential breach of data within one of their systems tied to the Attorney General’s office. Nearly 150 individuals who applied for a travel exemption through the state Attorney General’s website were notified Friday about the potential breach. It impacts applicants between Sept. 18 and Sept. 21. Read…

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Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his employer’s information he was accused of taking

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dissent

FourthAmendment.com highlights a court opinion out of Massachusetts: Defendant is charged with accessing and taking his employer’s information for the purpose of setting up a rival company doing the same thing. His motion to suppress the information is denied because he has no reasonable expectation of privacy in it. United States v. Yu, 2020 U.S….

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A prison video visitation service exposed private calls between inmates and their attorneys

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown. Visitors are unable to see their loved ones serving time, forcing friends and families to use prohibitively expensive video visitation services that often don’t work. But now the security and privacy of these systems are under scrutiny after one St Louis-based prison video visitation provider…

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Cyberattack on Georgia agency exposed private information of parents, children

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Dissent

WSBTV reports: Hackers breached state email accounts in the Georgia Department of Human Services exposing personal information of adults and children who have cases with Child Protective Services and the Division of Family and Children Services. The breach happened in the first two weeks of May, but state officials say it was August before state…

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