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California DMV finds data breach exposed Social Security information for around 3,200 people

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Dissent

Joseph Luiz reports: The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that federal agencies were accidentally given access to Social Security information for about 3,200 people. The department said in a statement that it discovered in August that for at least the past four years, the information was accidentally accessible to seven government entities, including…

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NM: Las Cruces Public Schools computers still offline a week after ransomware attack

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Dissent

Jim Parker reports: The computer network for the Las Cruces Public Schools remained offline a week after a ransomware attack by hackers forced the shutdown of the entire system. After originally trying to get existing servers for dozens of schools back online late last week, computer technicians for the district said late Monday they were now working…

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Alleged Capital One hacker released from federal custody

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Dissent

Campbell Kwan reports: The alleged Capital One hacker, Paige Thompson, was released from federal custody on Tuesday as she awaits her trial. Thompson, who is allegedly responsible for the theft of 106 million records from Capital One, had previously requested for a release from federal custody back in August, but was initially denied due to the judge at the time deciding…

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Data Breaches Cost Hospitals $4B Annually – survey

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Dissent

Jack O’Brien reports on findings from a recent survey of more than 2,870 security professionals from 733 provider organization. Spoiler alert: almost every IT professional agreed with the sentiment that data attackers are outpacing  medical enterprises. The total cost of data breaches at healthcare organizations is projected to reach $4 billion by the end of…

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Brooklyn Hospital Center notifies patients after data could be not be recovered after malware attack

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Dissent

Brooklyn Hospital Center has issued a press release about a data incident that may not have resulted in access or exfiltration of patient data (they couldn’t determine that) but did result in their inability to recover certain data related to specific patients. From their notice: In late July 2019, the Hospital became aware of unusual activity…

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Washington University School of Medicine notifies patients of HIPAA breach

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Dissent

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis  issued this notice on Nov. 1: Washington University School of Medicine announced today that it began mailing letters to patients whose information may have been involved in a recent security incident at its Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. On Sept. 3, 2019, the School of Medicine…

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