Mary Anne Pazanowski reports an update to litigation that stemmed from a breach in 2018 that was disclosed by Episcopal Health Services in November 2018 and then updated in 2019. A group of New York patients claiming that Episcopal Health Services Inc. failed to protect their private information from unauthorized disclosures can proceed in state…
Category: Hack
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System Faces Lawsuit After Data Breach
Rebecca Picciotto reports: Since June 5, The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) has been confronted with a class-action lawsuit claiming negligence due to a data hack from February. Righetti Glugoski, a law firm located in San Francisco, is representing the plaintiffs. The case was brought to the firm by San Francisco resident Richard Goss….
Data breach at Mid-Michigan College endangers personal data of up to 16,000
Eric Baerren reports: A hacker penetrated Mid-Michigan College’s email system, compromising the accounts of 10 employees and compromising personal data of potentially up to 16,000 people. The data breach was announced in correspondence sent by MMC president Christine Hammond to the college community earlier this week, and in a public notice on Thursday. Read more…
Suspected UMPC hacker accused of stealing employee data from 65,000 UPMC employees arrested in Detroit
Torsten Ove reports: A man accused of hacking the human resources databases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center starting in 2014 and stealing the data of 65,000 employees was arrested Tuesday in Detroit. Justin Sean Johnson is under indictment in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with…
Stopping Hackers in Their Tracks
From the FBI: A nightmare scenario for many organizations recently became one Atlanta-based tech company’s reality. But the steps the company took before and after their sensitive data was stolen by a hacker in 2018 helped the FBI identify and arrest the culprit. Christian Kight used his computer programming skills to hack into various businesses…
PH: The Far Eastern University portal hacked
Manila Bulletin reports: The Far Eastern University’s (FEU) portal data was leaked by a hacker group Tuesday night. In a facebook post, FEU’s Kadiwa Student Coalition said a hacker group named Pinoy Grayhats is responsible of the leakage of 1,000 FEU student data. Read more on MB.com. A report on Rappler.com adds more detail: Meanwhile,…