Matthew Sanders Joe McLean report that a court has sided with a former school district employee who had been fired for transferring student files to her personal computer. A judge ruled this week that the Jefferson City School District illegally fired an administrator who transferred work files to her personal computer. Cole County Circuit Judge…
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UK: Cathay Pacific Airways Limited fined £500,000 for failing to secure its customers’ personal data
From the ICO: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways Limited £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. Between October 2014 and May 2018 Cathay Pacific’s computer systems lacked appropriate security measures which led to customers’ personal details being exposed, 111,578 of whom were from the UK, and…
OCR settles complaint against doctor for failure to have appropriate risk assessment and security controls, despite technical assistance
OCR has settled a complaint against a covered entity for violations that first occurred prior to November, 2013, but continued thereafter. Yes, 2013. That’s when Steven A. Porter, M.D., first reported a breach to OCR that involved his business associate Elevation43. According to the complaint Porter filed at the time, and as described by OCR,…
French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?
Brian Krebs reports: A large number of French critical infrastructure firms were hacked as part of an extended malware campaign that appears to have been orchestrated by at least one attacker based in Morocco, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple, Dell, and Microsoft for helping to find and…
Coder charged in massive CIA leak portrayed as vindictive
Jim Mustian of AP reports: A software engineer on trial in the largest leak of classified information in CIA history was “prepared to do anything” to betray the agency, federal prosecutors said Monday as a defense attorney argued the man had been scapegoated for a breach that exposed secret cyberweapons and spying techniques. A Manhattan…
Ransomware victims are paying out millions a month. One particular version has cost them the most.
Steve Ranger reports: Ransomware victims have paid out more than $140 million to crooks over the last six-and-a-half years, according to calculations by the FBI. […] Ryuk was the leading ransomware variant, generating roughly $61m between February 2018 and October 2019. Crysis/Dharma was the second most lucrative ransomware, generating $24m between November 2016 and November 2019. Third on the…