Bill Schackner reports: An administrator in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health who was notifying seven students of balances due accidentally emailed them a spreadsheet attachment with balance information for them and 31 other students, officials said Friday. Read more on The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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PA: Bradford City Hall nearly back to normal after ransomware incident
Marcie Schellhammer reports: Bradford City Hall has been up and running all week after the ransomware attack last weekend. Mayor Tom Riel said Friday the replacement computers are in place. “The computers are fully operational with just a few minor details to be worked out in the coming days,” he said. “We didn’t lose any…
University of Alabama at Birmingham Data Breach Exposes Information Of Thousands Of Patients
Feroze Dhanoa reports: Hackers gained access to some UAB Medicine employee email accounts exposing the protected health information of 20,000 patients, the hospital said this week. UAB Medicine is notifying the affected patients that their information could have potentially been seen by the hackers. Read more on Patch
GA: Cornelia fends off third ransomware attack of the year, upgrades firewall
Rob Moore reports: A ransomware attack on City of Cornelia’s computerized billing system last week resulted in a day of lost productivity, but city leaders are taking steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again. “We did not get to the point of like Atlanta where they actually held us [for] ransom,” City Manager Donald Anderson…
Defense Department to tighten data security after settlement with veterans group
Military Times reports: The Defense Department will revamp its Servicemembers Civil Relief Act databases following charges the online information sites exposed millions of troops’ and veterans’ personal information to identity thieves and scammers, officials announced Thursday. Leaders from Vietnam Veterans of America, which filed a lawsuit against the department to force the changes, called the move an important…
WA: Tukwila School District victim of a phishing scam
KING5 News reports: The Tukwila School District is the apparent victim of a “phishing scam,” district officials said in a statement Tuesday. “We are not at liberty to reveal additional information at this time but are working closely with proper authorities,” the statement read. Read more on KING5.