Jordan Highsmith reports: An investigation determined the Hillsborough County Supervisors of Elections Office underwent an illegal data breach in early May, exposing more than 50,000 people’s voter information. An unauthorized user appeared to have illegally accessed and copied files containing personal identification information, such as social security or driver’s license numbers, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of…
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New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack
Brandon Vigliaro reports: The fallout from an eight-month-old cyber attack on a county in Long Island, New York has devolved into mud-slinging as leaders try to figure out just what is going on. Suffolk County was hit with a ransomware attack in early September 2022, which led county executive Steve Bellone to issue nine separate emergency…
Defiant Johns Hopkins doctor testifies she shared private patient records because she feared Russia
Mike Hellgren reports: Defense attorneys for the two Maryland doctors accused of providing the private medical records of patients to help the Russian government rested their cases on Friday afternoon. The lawyer for Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist Dr. Anna Gabrielian only called his client to the stand in her own defense. The lawyer for her husband,…
NT Health throws breach notification obligations out the window; says patients should call them to find out if they were affected?!
According to Northern Territory Health’s website, the Australian government agency manages the Northern Territory public health system, operating across five service delivery regions, six hospitals, 74 health clinics, and seven corporate offices. “As NT Health, we work together as one system in partnership with individuals, families, the community, Aboriginal heath organisations and stakeholders to provide…
Amsterdam court hears case against alleged hacker, “DataBox”
DataBreaches previously reported that Dutch police arrested a 25-year-old man from Almere in November of 2022. Erkan S., known as “DataBox” on RaidForums, has been in custody since then. He was charged with dumping the GIS (Gebühren Info Service GmbH) data of nine million Austrians and listing it for sale on RaidForums in May 2020….
Several Louisiana agencies crippled by network outage
Kenny Kuhn reports: Multiple Louisiana state agencies are experiencing a statewide network outage which is causing issues at their field offices across the state. The network outage has crippled state agencies including The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Department…