The Chicago Tribune reports that Kankakee Valley REMC is investigating the possibility that a breach may have compromised almost 18,000 members’ personal information. According to a press release issued by the electric utility cooperative, the breach was detected by an audit in mid-January that indicated that a foreign IP address had accessed a storage device on the network. According…
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Commenters on Henry Schein consent order: FTC was too lenient
Public comments on the consent order in FTC v. Henry Schein Practice Solutions are now available. The FTC will be responding to commenters, but I wanted to note one particular point raised by commenter because I hadn’t considered it when I filed my complaint with the FTC, and I think the commenters are right. Note that I did not submit…
Des Moines administrator mistakenly publishes student scores
Jason Clayworth reports: The individual test scores of Des Moines elementary students identified as part of a behavioral needs presentation were posted on a personal website by a school administrator, a likely violation of federal law, a state official said Monday. The color-coded data are three years old and highlighted the names of Lovejoy Elementary…
Jacksonville law firm victim of ransomware
Max Marbut reports: You might think the data stored on your computer at home or work is relatively safe from theft or even tampering. You would be wrong. No one knows that better than attorney Thomas Brown of The Brown Firm. […] The culprits left behind a digital message: Give them $2,500 and they would…
FL: Radiology Regional Center Notifies Patients After Paper Records Fell Out of Vendor’s Truck
Radiology Regional Center, PA, a physician-owned and managed diagnostic facility with nine locations in Florida, announced today that on December 19, 2015, Radiology Regional Center was informed by its records disposal vender (sic), Lee County Solid Waste Division (“Lee County”), that, on that same date, paper records containing the personal information of Radiology Regional Center’s…
Magnolia Health Corp. notifies its employees after their data acquired by someone impersonating CEO
Magnolia Health Corporation in Tulare, California has begun sending out notification letters after someone impersonated their CEO and “using what appeared to be his email address,” obtained personal information for all active employees of the corporation and each of the facilities managed by MHC [Twin Oaks Assisted Living, Inc., Twin Oaks Rehabilitation And Nursing Center,…