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Still not fixed: Ransomware attack in Genesee County will hamper some county business again Monday

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Dissent

ABC12 reports that Genesee County has not fully restored functionality following a ransomware attack. The county is now saying business will not return to normal by Monday like they had hoped. The county has made progress since discovering the attack Tuesday. At least now e-mail services have been restored, but now the county says because…

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UK: Law Firm Launches $6.5 Million Action Against Ticketmaster Over Data Breach

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Dissent

Richard Smirke reports: A British law firm has launched a £5 million ($6.5 million) legal action against Ticketmaster following last year’s security breach, which is believed to have affected up to 40,000 U.K. customers. […] The U.K. arm of Ticketmaster detected a major security breach on June 23, 2018 when it identified malicious software on…

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AeroGarden maker says hackers stole months of credit card data

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: Bad news for home gardeners: criminals might have your credit card data. AeroGrow, the maker of the at-home garden kit AeroGarden, said in a letter to customers that its website had credit card scraping malware for more than four months. The company said anyone who bought something through its website between October…

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Health data breaches due to external actors continue to predominate recently.

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Dissent

Because I’m at a conference, it’s been hard to update a lot, but here are a few of the health data breaches I’ve spotted this week: Main Line Endoscopy Centers in Pennsylvania announced that it recently mailed notifications to patients whose personal information was in an employee’s email account a t the time that the…

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Genesee County’s email system not functional after ransomware hack

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Dissent

Yesterday, Ann Pierret reported: Genesee County leaders are working with state police and the FBI to figure out how the county’s computer system was hacked. […] That was yesterday. I’ve seen no update today to say that everything is restored after the county refused to pay the demands and worked to restore their files, which…

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How hackers use ransomware to hide data breaches and other attacks

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Dissent

Dan Swinhoe reports: Although ransomware attacks are on the decline — Darktrace suggests infections have decreased by as much as 28 percent between 2017 and 2018 — the threat these extortion attacks pose is still very real and for reasons beyond disruption to operations. More sophisticated attackers are using ransomware to cover their tracks in…

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