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Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota notifies 10,200 after ransomware attack

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Dissent

From their web site, the practice’s notification. Note that some of the crucial data that might have enabled them to justify no need for notifications was lost/corrupted during the clean-up from the ransomware. Based on reports I’ve read over the past year, losing data during clean-up is not that rare, which should serve as a…

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Ransomware victims have paid out more than $25 million, Google study finds

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Dissent

Russell Brandom reports: Ransomware victims have paid more than $25 million in ransoms over the last two years, according to a study presented today by researchers at Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. By following those payments through the blockchain and comparing them against known samples, researchers were able…

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Women’s Health Group of Pennsylvania Notifies 300,000 Patients of Ransomware Attack

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Dissent

Mitch Blacher and David Chang report: A data breach at one of Pennsylvania’s largest health networks has sparked safety concerns and questions regarding why it took several months for patients to be notified. The Women’s Health Care Group of Pennsylvania, which is based in Oaks, Pennsylvania but has 45 offices serving women in Montgomery, Chester…

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Arrested Russian’s wife denies U.S. charge he is global hacking mastermind

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Dissent

Jack Stubbs reports: The wife of an alleged Russian hacker facing extradition from Spain to the United States has told Reuters he is being held in solitary confinement and that he denies the accusation that he masterminded one of the world’s biggest spam networks. Peter Levashov was arrested while on holiday in Barcelona in April,…

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Settlement of Walmart Canada Photo Centre Data Breach Lawsuits – Lessons Learned

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Dissent

Bradley J. Freedman of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP writes about the settlement of a class action lawsuit against Walmart and PNI Digital Media. DataBreaches.net had covered the breach involving both U.S. and Canadian photo centers at the time of the breach. Canadian class action lawsuits over the Walmart Canada Photo Centre data breach were settled…

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TNT Express warns of permanent data loss from WannaCry and NotPetya malware outbreaks

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Dissent

Graeme Burton reports: Courier company TNT Express has warned that it is still being affected by the NotPetya malware almost a month after it struck, and “cannot estimate when TNT services will be fully restored”, according to a statement released by the company this week. Furthermore, the company added that it may not be able to…

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