2019 was a difficult year for Wichita State University in terms of cybersecurity. They started the year with a phishing incident that stole some employees’ paychecks, and it seems that they ended the year with another incident. As their external counsel wrote on March 10: In December 2019, WSU learned of a security incident involving…
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Sunshine Behavioral Health Group Faces Class Action Under CCPA After Data Breach Affecting 3,500 Patients
Linn F. Freedman of Robinson & Cole LLP writes that Sunshine Behavioral Health Group is facing a potential class action lawsuit. The case is Fuentes v. Sunshine Behavioral Health Group LLC and it was filed this week in the Central District of California. The case is drawing some attention because it it one of the…
NC: Randleman Eye Center Discloses Malware Attack
Their press release of today, via BusinessWire: Randleman Eye Center is taking action after becoming aware of an incident in which some of our systems were accessed by an unauthorized person. While there is no evidence that suggests that any data was actually taken, we have notified individuals for whom we have contact information if…
Amid coronavirus scare, Netwalker ransomware targets public health agency in Illinois
Benjamin Freed reports: A public-health agency in central Illinois has had to retreat to social media to update residents about the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus after a ransomware attack disabled its main website and briefly cut off employees from medical files. Workers at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District discovered Tuesday that they were victims of…
OK: Jay schools working to recover from cyber attack
KSN reports: The Jay Public School District is working to recover after falling victim to a cyber attack. Since Monday, Jay Public Schools Superintendent Larry Shackelford and his district have been dealing with the aftermath of getting hacked. The district is the only one in Oklahoma to have dealt with a cyber attack this year….
Oklahoma Accused of Negligence in Massive 2018 Data Breach
Randy Ellis reports: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Oklahoma Department of Securities over a massive December 2018 data breach that allegedly caused the names, Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 300,000 people to be published to the internet. The department caused the data breach by negligently misconfiguring a…