On March 29, WWMT in Michigan reported: Hacked and held for ransom by a computer virus, a doctor’s office in Battle Creek was forced to close its doors after, doctors said, they refused to pay and their entire system was wiped out. Dr. William Scalf told Newschannel 3 ransomware locked up the system at Brookside…
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HHS security policies should focus on incentives, not penalties, health IT leaders say
Heather Landi reports: The federal government needs to provide more resources and incentives to help healthcare organizations better protect their IT systems and data from cyberattacks, according to health IT security leaders. Currently, the Department of Health and Human Services’ privacy and security standards are too focused on compliance and are unduly punitive to healthcare…
Homeland Security issues warning about serious Medtronic flaw that might allow hackers to tamper with cardiac devices
I guess it’s not “click-bait” when the federal government issues a warning on it. But before you panic, read through the full DHS advisory below to see under what conditions this could potentially happen. And now that I’ve given you the “don’t panic yet” advice, I will readily admit that when my mother got a…
Plaintiffs in Casino Rama class-action lawsuit and defendants argue in court over how big the class should be.
In November, 2016, Casino Rama in Ontario disclosed that it had been hacked. Shortly thereafter, we learned that some of that data had already been leaked online. The hackers, who signed themselves as “Anonymous Threat Agent,” wrote that the breach was “extremely simple” and that “no security systems were in place leaving the whole casino…
Due Process for Alleged Student Hacker?
Lindsay McKenzie reports: Just four months before she was due to graduate, Tiffany Filler was expelled from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Leaders at Tufts say Filler hacked into university systems and changed her grades. Filler says she has proof she didn’t do it. Tufts is standing by its decision. But…
Office Depot and Tech Support Firm Will Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations That They Tricked Consumers into Buying Costly Computer Repair Services
Office Depot, Inc. and a California-based tech support software provider have agreed to pay a total of $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the companies tricked customers into buying millions of dollars’ worth of computer repair and technical services by deceptively claiming their software had found malware symptoms on the customers’ computers….