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MO: A second TheDarkOverlord target confirms hack (updated)

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Dissent

In the past 24 hours, two of TheDarkOverlord’s targets have publicly acknowledged breaches previously reported by this site. Yesterday, it was the Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia who issued a public statement (previous coverage). Today, it’s a group of clinics in Farmington, Missouri (previous coverage). Daily Journal Online reports: The medical group which includes Midwest…

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Woman sues Pennington County authorities for alleged violation of her civil rights

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Dissent

File this under “small breach, huge harm.” Mike Anderson reports that a woman is suing Pennington County because employees at City County Alcohol Drug Program (CCADP) violated federal law when they notified law enforcement that they had found a used syringe in her possession when she came to them, seeking help. Their notification appears taboo to me under…

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Potential Risks and Rewards of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Under CISA

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Dissent

Peter Carey and Keith M. Gerver of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, write: When President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which was designed to facilitate information sharing on cybersecurity threats between the public and private sectors, proponents hailed it as “our best chance yet to help address this economic and national security priority in a…

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Lamar Smith Seeks OPM Response on Cyber Posture, Data Breaches

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Dissent

See? This is why I get confused by our government. Why is the SCIENCE committee writing to OPM about its breaches? Is it just letter jealousy because every other committee has, too? I cannot think this is a good use of resources. Scott Nicholas reports: House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has asked acting Office of…

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Doctor devises new database methodology to thwart hackers and end big data breaches

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Dissent

Bill Siwicki reports: Longtime healthcare and technology veteran William Yasnoff, MD, has created a personal grid tactic for tuning relational databases to make it harder for hackers to steal large sets of medical records. And Yasnoff, a managing partner at NHII Advisors, said that hospital CIOs and CISOs or technology vendors can use the personal…

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Almost half of Irish businesses would hide data breach from customers

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Dissent

Sam Pinder reports: In a release set to worry many customers 46% of companies surveyed in Ireland indicated they would not disclose a data breach to impacted customers or suppliers. Ward Solutions, an Irish security provider, has revealed the results of a new survey that found almost half of Irish businesses wouldn’t disclose a data…

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