Matt Levin reports: Hacker group Anonymous declared war on Donald Trump this week. On Thursday, they started releasing personal information on the Republican front-runner for president. The group allegedly has posted Trump’s Social Security number and his phone number on the site Pastebin. The cyber-attack also claims to have published the phone numbers his agent…
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Cloquet schools suffer ‘ransomware’ attack
Jana Hollingsworth reports: The Cloquet school district was the victim of a malicious computer software attack last week that resulted in the equivalent of a lock on much of its information, and a $6,000 ransom demand to have it released. School was canceled Thursday so technology employees could work on the problem. The district, which…
North Memorial Hospital settles HHS charges for $1.55M
First: refresh your memory of a 2011 breach involving Accretive Health, a business associate of North Memorial Hospital. Then read HHS’s press release how that breach just cost North Memorial Hospital $1.55 million, and why: $1.55 million settlement underscores the importance of executing HIPAA business associate agreements North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota has agreed to pay…
Confidential Ohio medical records exposed
Derrick Waller reports: A Cuyahoga County man said he stumbled upon a data breach involving medical records filed by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. The man, who did not want to be identified, said he filed a claim with the department. When he logged onto the state BWC website and entered his personal claim…
Sixth Circuit Rejects False Claims Act Claim Based on Health Data Breach
Evan Panich of McDermott Will & Emery writes: On March 7, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided United States ex rel. Sheldon v. Kettering Health Network, affirming a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) relating to an alleged data breach. The relator alleged…
Bailey’s discovers breach more extensive than originally reported
Well, I may have to walk back some of my praise for outdoor gear company Bailey’s after I first read and reported on a payment card breach they discovered and disclosed. The firm has updated its breach disclosure after subsequently discovering that the breach did not begin in September, 2015, and it wasn’t 15,000 affected. According to their…