Massachusetts Attorney General had a busy day yesterday announcing enforcement actions over data breaches that had been disclosed in 2015. In addition to her announcement about the McLean Hospital settlement, she also announced a second settlement stemming from another 2015 breach that had also been reported by DataBreaches.net at the time. A California company that…
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MA: McLean Hospital to Implement New Security and Training Programs After Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Health Information
There’s a follow-up to a 2015 breach that was previously reported on this blog. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey made the announcement yesterday: BOSTON — McLean Hospital Corporation will implement new security and training programs and pay a total of $75,000 to resolve claims that it exposed the personal and health information of more than 1,500 people, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. According…
Government Hackers Assault Hundreds Of ‘Secure’ Google Accounts With Evil Phishes
Thomas Brewster reports: Over at least the last two years, a group of government hackers has been targeting supposedly secured email services from the likes of Google, Yahoo, Protonmail and Tutanota. Most targets are in the Middle East and Africa and, though it remains unclear just where the hackers themselves hail from, the attacks appear…
France fines Uber 400,000 euros over huge data breach
AFP reports: France’s data protection agency said Thursday that it had fined the US ride-hailing group Uber 400,000 euros ($460,000) over a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal data of some 57 million clients and drivers worldwide. Uber drew the wrath of users and regulators after the company waited a year before revealing in…
Almost four dozen Click2Gov breaches later and almost 300,000 affected; data showing up on dark web – report
Jeff John Roberts reports on a new report and analysis by Gemini Advisory: Paying parking tickets or municipal water taxes is never fun—and it’s even worse when hackers have compromised your town’s payment system. Yet, that’s what happened in dozens of towns across the U.S. where cyber crooks have made off with the personal data…
Ca: Hundreds of N.W.T. health records found at Fort Simpson dump
Hilary Bird reports: An N.W.T man says he found hundreds of confidential medical records at the Fort Simpson dump. The documents contain detailed information about patients’ mental health and history of drug use, including applications to addictions treatment facilities, progress reports from those facilities, and detailed notes from one-on-one counselling sessions. The documents, many of…