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School software vendor Active Network suffers data breach

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Dissent

Doug Olenick reports that Active Network’s Blue Bear Software platform reported that unauthorized activity in its network in October resulted in customer PII being exposed. The company reported the issue to the California Attorney General’s office stating it recently became aware that between Oct. 1, 2019 and Nov. 13, 2019 there was illegal activity taking place on…

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Ghosts in the Clouds: Inside China’s Major Corporate Hack

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Dissent

Rob Barry and Dustin Volz report: The hackers seemed to be everywhere. In one of the largest-ever corporate espionage efforts, cyberattackers alleged to be working for China’s intelligence services stole volumes of intellectual property, security clearance details and other records from scores of companies over the past several years. They got access to systems with…

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CO: Aurora Water announces data breach involving Click2Gov payment system

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Dissent

Author: Janet Oravetz reports: Personal information of some Aurora Water customers, such as names, card numbers and expiration dates, may have been compromised through a data breach, according to the city’s water department. The department made an announcement about the security incident on Monday and said customers who used the Click2Gov payment system to make one-time…

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As 2019 draws to a close, some entities are taking harder look at storing PHI in employee email accounts

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Dissent

Okay, so two exemplars doesn’t prove any kind of trend, but I’m glad to see some entities now taking steps to reduce how much PHI is stored in employee email accounts.  Here are two recent incidents, both reported to HHS in December: Healthcare Administrative Partners (HAP) is a Pennsylvania-based business associate under HIPAA.  On December…

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Georgia Supreme Court resuscitates patient lawsuit against Athens Orthopedic Clinic

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Dissent

The Georgia Supreme Court has breathed new life into a lawsuit by patients of Athens Orthopedic Clinic (AOC) whose data were stolen by thedarkoverlord in 2016. In  a decision issued this week, the judges unanimously reversed the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the lawsuit, vacated other parts of their ruling, and remanded the case. At…

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Chinese hacker group caught bypassing 2FA

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Security researchers say they found evidence that a Chinese government-linked hacking group has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in a recent wave of attacks. The attacks have been attributed to a group the cyber-security industry is tracking as APT20, believed to operate on the behest of the Beijing government, Dutch cyber-security firm…

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