Michael Elsen-Rooney reports: Personal data for roughly 820,000 current and former New York City public school students was compromised in the hack of a widely-used online grading and attendance system earlier this year, city Education Department officials said Friday, revealing what could be the largest-ever breach of K-12 student data in the U.S. Furious city…
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Mansfield company hacked, personal information stolen
Oops — I missed this one last week. George W. Rhodes reported: The computer system of a Mansfield company that does background checks for employers was hacked and the perpetrators got away with the personal information of 164,000 people. Creative Services Inc., located on Pratt Street, was hit by hackers in November, according to The…
BCBS of Kansas subcontractor offers free protection to members put at risk by data breach
Sarah Motter reports: A data breach at a Blue Cross Blue Shield subcontractor has left about 2,800 members at risk, however, the company has taken steps to ensure their information stays secure. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas says on Thursday, March 24, it was recently notified of a data breach that happened several months…
BlockFi confirms unauthorized access to client data hosted on Hubspot
Arijit Sarkar reports: New Jersey-based crypto financial institution BlockFi confirmed a data breach incident via one of its third-party vendors, Hubspot. BlockFi’s proactive warning about the breach aims to deter the intentions of bad actors in repurposing the user data for fraudulent activities. According to the announcement, the hackers gained access to BlockFi’s client data on…
Ph: ‘Media was right’: Lawmakers confirm data breach, hacking of voters’ info
Joseph Pedrajas reports that there is an update to the alleged data breach that a Commission on Elections official called “fake news:” After about two months of investigation and various denials from different concerned agencies, lawmakers on Thursday, March 17 confirmed that there was “indeed a security breach” in the operations of the Commission on…
Comprehensive Health Services Pays False Claims Act Settlement Involving EMR Security
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A healthcare services contractor has agreed to pay a $933,000 settlement in a federal whistleblower case involving alleged false claims by the entity about the security of electronic medical records containing the information of military personnel, diplomats and contractors. The settlement is the first under the Department of Justice’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative,…