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And then there were four five (Ascension Health entities breached)

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

Now that I know what I’m looking for, I’m finding more evidence of targeted email attacks affecting members of Ascension Health. For previous reports on this incident, read here and here.  On March 16, Sacred Heart Health System in Florida posted this notice on their site about a breach they reported to HHS as affecting…

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VA report for March, 2015

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

From their statistics: Intrusion Attempts (Blocked): 358,163,688 Malware (Blocked/Contained): 1,190,896,611 Suspicious/Malicious Emails (Blocked): 81,343,076 Outgoing Unencrypted Emails: 1,136 Associated Privacy/Security Events 18,589 Total Emails Blocked Lost and Stolen Device Incidents: 50 Lost PIV Cards: 154 Mishandled Incidents: 105 Mis-mailed Incidents: 165 Paper Mis-mailings, 7 Pharmacy-item Mis-mailings out of 7,465,613 Total Mailings In terms of specific incidents reported, a cooler containing lab specimens…

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Travelers, Ignition Studio agree to dismiss lawsuit over Alpine Bank data breach

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Dissent

Law360 reports that Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. has settled its lawsuit against Ignition Studio Inc. The suit had alleged that Ignition Studio had not adequately secured Alpine Bank’s web site, resulting in a hack in 2012. Yesterday, both parties stipulated to the “dismissal of this action in its entirety with prejudice, each party to bear its…

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Biggby Coffee warns of data security breach impacting customers and job applicants

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Dissent

Lindsay VanHulle reports: Biggby Coffee today said it was the target of a security breach that potentially exposed customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and employment histories. The East Lansing coffee chain did not say how many customers were affected. But Biggby said their data might have been compromised when they registered a frequent…

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NJ: Weak password blamed in Swedesboro school hack

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Dissent

Carly Q. Romalino reports: A weak network password allowed hackers to infiltrate a Gloucester County school district’s network last week, holding its files hostage for more than $125,000, according to Educational Information and Resource Center experts. A ransomware attack on Swedesboro-Woolwich Elementary School District’s network last week interrupted state-mandated testing and locked down network files…

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Let’s send an unencrypted thumb drive via mail. What can possibly go wrong, right?

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Dissent

No, Human Resource Advantage. You do not get to put an unencrypted thumb drive with employee records in the regular mail to TrustHCS and then claim you take the security of personal information in your control “very seriously.” From your own investigation, that drive contained names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account information, postal…

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