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Desjardins reaches $200M class action settlement in wake of data breach

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports that Mouvement Desjardins has reached a $200-million settlement with plaintiffs in a class action suit launched after a massive data breach in June 2019. The settlement has to be approved by the Superior Court of Quebec. Read more at Montreal Gazette. A press release issued by plaintiffs’ counsel states, in part:…

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White House Policy Gives Agencies 24 Hours to Report Attacks

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Dissent

Devon Warren-Kachelein reports: A new memo issued by the U.S. National Security Council within the Biden White House requires critical cybersecurity agencies to relay cyber incidents rising to national security threats to the council within 24 hours. The move is reportedly an effort to get cybersecurity advisers close to the president to assess incidents targeting…

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Growing Cyberthreats, Surging Insurance Costs

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Dissent

Suzanne Smalley reports: Higher education institutions seeking cybersecurity insurance today are not unlike homeowners living on the water in a hurricane-prone coastal community: the riskier the environment, the harder it is to get insured. For both community colleges and four-year institutions, cyberthreats are now very pronounced, and that reality has led to more institutions facing…

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NJ: Cancer Care Providers Will Adopt New Security Measures and Pay $425,000 to Settle Investigation into Two Data Breaches

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Dissent

CONSENT ORDER NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs has reached a settlement with three New Jersey-based providers of cancer care that the State alleges failed to adequately safeguard patient data, exposing the personal and protected health information of 105,200 consumers, including 80,333 New Jersey residents. Under…

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Oregon anesthesiology group notifies 750,000 about ransomware incident; FBI seized threat actors’ account with their files

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

Like many other healthcare entities, Oregon Anesthesiology Group, P.C. (OAG) became the victim of a ransomware attack this year. But somewhat atypically, the FBI seems to have seized a threat actor’s account that had their patient data. According to OAG’s statement of December 6, the medical group experienced what they described as a cyberattack that…

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Canadian federal privacy commissioner says BMO security breach in 2017 affected 113,000 client accounts

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

James Bradshaw reports: A 2017 data breach that exposed personal information belonging to more than 113,000 Bank of Montreal customers exploited “significant weaknesses” in the bank’s safeguards that have since been strengthened, according to a report from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. BMO previously disclosed the breach in May, 2018, after receiving a ransom demand…

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