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OPM to Rebid Identity Theft Protection Contract Affecting Millions of Hack Victims

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Dissent

Eric Katz reports: Millions of current and former federal employees could soon have a new company providing them with credit monitoring and identity theft protections, as the Office of Personnel Management plans to rebid a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The current contract, which OPM signed with ID Experts in the wake of…

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NC: Wilmington city employees’ health insurance info exposed by email error by BCBS NC

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Dissent

Emily Featherston reports: Email is no stranger to being linked to cases of identity theft and data breaches. Most of the time, the thief sends a phishing message that coaxes information out of the victim or brings along viruses or malware. However, a single email led to the improper release of the information of 158…

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About 2.65M patients at Charlotte’s Atrium Health hit with third-party data breach

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Dissent

Caroline Hudson reports: About 2.65 million patients of Charlotte-based Atrium Health were recently hit with a data breach in which unauthorized parties gained access to their information. Hackers attempted to lift patient information over a weeklong period from Sept. 22-29. The data was stored in a third-party system provided by AccuDoc Solutions Inc., which provides…

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Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa notifies 1,900 patients after insider wrong-doing discovered

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Dissent

Ashley Stewart reports: Mercy Medical Center–North Iowa has notified about 1,900 individuals of a potential data breach involving their health records and personal information. In notification letters mailed to affected individuals and their families Nov. 26, patients were told their protected health information may have been “inappropriately accessed by an employee between July 2017 and…

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OVMC, EORH patients diverted to other hospitals after ransomware attack

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Dissent

Linda Comins of The Intelligencer is reporting: Emergency squad patients are being diverted away from Ohio Valley Medical Center and East Ohio Regional Hospital this weekend because the hospitals’ computer system has been attacked by Ransomware. Karin Janiszewski, director of marketing and public relations for OVMC and EORH, confirmed Saturday afternoon that a Ransomware attack…

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IN: Lake Ridge Schools loses suit to recover $120,000 missing after hacking incident

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Dissent

Bill Dolan reports: The Lake Ridge School Corp. has had another financial setback only weeks after voters declined to provide more tax revenue to the struggling institution. The school district recently lost a legal battle with a New York bank to recover more than $120,000 stolen two years ago by an offshore computer hacker. School…

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