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Florida school district seeking settlement with W-2 phishing data breach victims

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Herald Tribune reports: On Tuesday, School District of Manatee County officials will ask the school board to approve a $300,000 settlement to a class action lawsuit being brought by school district employees who say they suffered damages from a massive data breach last January. On Jan. 26, 2017 a payroll employee responded to an email…

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SamSam ransomware infects Colorado Department of Transportation

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Luana Pascu reports: SamSam ransomware is back and the Colorado Department of Transportation is its most recent victim. More than 2,000 agency computers had to be shut down on Feb 21 to prevent the ransomware from spreading across the entire infrastructure. According to CBS local news, the critical systems used to manage road traffic and…

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Bitcoin Exchange Admin Charged for Lying About Hack

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: US authorities have arrested a Texas man who founded two Bitcoin-related platforms that got hacked. Officials charged the on accusations of lying to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) officials in the subsequent investigation. The accused is Jon “Ukyo” Montroll, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, and founder of WeExchange a Bitcoin wallet and exchange…

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Chase ‘Glitch’ Exposed Customer Accounts

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Multiple Chase.com customers have reported logging in to their bank accounts, only to be presented with another customer’s bank account details. Chase has acknowledged the incident, saying it was caused by an internal “glitch” Wednesday evening that did not involve any kind of hacking attempt or cyber attack. Trish Wexler, director of…

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UVA Health System Notifies 1,882 Patients About HIPAA Breach

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Dissent

WVIR reports: The University of Virginia Health System is notifying patients of a cyber attack that affected the hospital. The hacker was able to get access to private medical records for 19 months. The FBI discovered that a physician’s devices with the Health System were infected with malware, which allowed the hacker to see what…

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PA: Purchase Line SD officials discuss cybersecurity after incident

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Dissent

Patrick Cloonan reports: Officials in the Purchase Line School District are looking to avoid a repeat of a recent case of theft by deception that targeted the district’s emails and approximately 100 of its vendors. […] Their move is the latest in a series of steps taken since Jan. 31 when, as described by Superintendent…

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