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University of Michigan breaks down August social media hack

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Dissent

Katie Penrod reports on some nice transparency by U. Michigan: After several of the University’s official Facebook pages were hacked last week, administrators spent time reflecting on what went wrong. In light of the hack, University of Michigan Social Media, which runs all of the University’s social media accounts, published a case study analyzing the…

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NY: Winthrop-University Hospital worker charged with stealing patients’ personal information, cops say

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Dissent

Ellen Yan reports that Jasmine Sanchez, 33, an accounts representative at Winthrop-University Hospital, was arrested for  stealing at least 11 patients’ personal information, including Social Security numbers. Read more on Newsday (sub. req.)

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U. Rhode Island says data breach involves some 3,000 email accounts

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Dissent

John Hill reports: The University of Rhode Island has asked law enforcement officials for help in investigating who hacked into the university’s email accounts records, possibly obtaining the email addresses and passwords to about 3,000 university email accounts, a university spokeswoman said Thursday. Read more on Providence Journal. Related: URI FAQ on incident

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Chaffetz wants answers from US-CERT, OPM on hack

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Dissent

Adam Mazmanian reports that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking some very specific questions of OPM and US-CERT: Chaffetz wants US-CERT, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, to report on when it was first contacted by OPM to report the breach, and any reporting or analysis on the nature of…

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NSUH Identify Theft Lawsuit Narrowed to One Negligence Claim

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Dissent

Joel Stashenko reports: A Queens judge has severely limited the basis on which former patients at the North Shore University Hospital may sue over a security breach they blame for the thefts of their identities. Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald dismissed 10 of their 11 claims, finding in large part that the alleged violations of federal or…

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OH: Resort owner sues former Put-in-Bay police officer

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Dissent

Craig Shoup reports: A businessman has filed a defamation suit alleging a former Put-in-Bay police officer disclosed details on the Internet of a sealed criminal case. Attorney Mark Petroff, of Elyria, filed a lawsuit in the Lorain County Common Pleas Court on behalf of Put-in-Bay resort owner Mark Mathys, claiming former village police officer Steve…

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