We won’t have any details until mid-October, but AP reports that lawyers for former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees who sued SPE over a data breach have reached a settlement with their former employer.
Category: U.S.
WV: Hacker claiming to be part of Islamic State hacks Wayne County Board of Education website, redirects visitors to site promoting terrorism
The State Journal reports: Someone claiming to be part of the Islamic State hacked the Wayne County Board of Education’s website in the early morning hours of Sept. 2, authorities report. West Virginia State Police Lt. Michael Baylous said the hack redirected internet users trying to access the board’s site to “another site which promotes…
ME: Data breach at Brunswick hotel possibly exposes cards of 2,600
Darren Fishell reports: Malware on a computer at the Brunswick Hotel and Tavern exposed names and credit card information for as many as 2,600 guests who stayed at the hotel between November 2014 and July 2015. The company managing the hotel notified customers of the breach in a letter dated Aug. 21 and posted to…
Cancer Care Group settles HHS charges over “widespread noncompliance” with HIPAA Security Rule; $750,000 fine and corrective action plan
In August 2012, I noted a breach involving the theft of backup media from an unattended vehicle of a Cancer Care Group employee. The backup contained information on 55,000 patients and employees. Now, more than three years later, HHS has announced a settlement with CCG over the breach. As seems to be their style, they…
Meanwhile, back at the OPM breach….
Victims of the breach still have not been notified. OPM will start sending postal laters “later this month.” The government will spend $133 million on identity theft protection services. With options, it could go up to $330 million. ID Experts (Identity Theft Guard Solutions LLC) got the gig to provide the service, which will provide…
Backblaze Faces Class Action Over Unencrypted Hard Drives
Tamara Burns reports: Backblaze Inc., a company specializing in computer data backup and recovery, is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit filed last Friday. The class action lawsuit alleges Backblaze puts private customer data at risk by shipping them unencrypted external storage drives. [….] Plaintiff Scott Hellervik takes issue with Backblaze’s procedures for…