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Some previously unreported breaches

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Dissent

Maryland’s Attorney General’s list for 2015 contains over 500  breach reports, many of which were never covered by the media. Here are two involving health or medical entities or health data, followed by some from the education sector that you may not have known about: Dharani Jasthi DMD PC dba Today’s Dental Associates reported that they: received an…

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Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Dissent

Jim Finkle reports: Apple Inc  customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc  told Reuters on Sunday. […] Palo Alto Threat Intelligence Director Ryan Olson said the “KeRanger” malware, which appeared on Friday,…

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Rosen Hotels & Resorts notifies guests of payment card breach that began in 2014

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Dissent

Having to disclose a breach to your customers…. and a breach that began in 2014 and continued until recently… is not a task I’d relish. Here’s the notice from Rosen Hotels & Resorts, who have seven properties in the Orlando area: March 4, 2016 California residents please click here Rosen Hotels & Resorts Inc. (RH&R) values…

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North Dorset Council hit by ransomware, flips the bird at miscreants

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Dissent

Kat Hall reports: North Dorset District Council is working with police to identify the source of a ransomware attack this week, the latest incident in what security experts believe to be a growing problem for local authorities. According to an email seen by The Register, the attack had infected 6,000 files on the council’s servers by…

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MA: Melrose Police pay hackers $489 in Bitcoin to recover encryption key

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Dissent

Aaron Leibowitz reports: Hackers stole the encryption key to a software system at the Melrose Police Station on Thursday evening, compelling the department to pay the hackers one Bitcoin to regain control, Chief Michael Lyle told the Free Press on Monday. The attack came in the form of an email sent to the entire department…

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Los Angeles County health department targeted in ransomware attack

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Dissent

Abby Sewell reports that Los Angeles County Department of Health Services computers were hit with a ransomware attack just days after a similar attack on Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.  The attack was on a smaller scale and the county did not pay any ransom. Nor, it seems, did they need to. Spokesman Michael Wilson said the agency…

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