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FTC and HHS Warn Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers about Privacy and Security Risks from Online Tracking Technologies

Posted on July 21, 2023 by Dissent

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are cautioning hospitals and telehealth providers about the privacy and security risks related to the use of online tracking technologies integrated into their websites or mobile apps that may be impermissibly disclosing consumers’ sensitive personal health data…

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Double whammy? Estee Lauder Breached by Two Ransomware Groups?

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Dissent

Phil Muncaster reports: Estee Lauder has become the latest big name to suffer an apparently serious ransomware breach, after two groups claimed to have compromised the firm. The cosmetics giant was posted to the leak site of both the Alphv/BlackCat and Clop ransomware gangs, according to security researchers on Twitter. Read more at Infosecurity Magazine….

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Tampa General Hospital confirms cybersecurity incident; 1.2 million patients being notified (Updated)

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Dissent

Tampa General Hospital in Florida was hit by a cyberattack during three weeks in May, according to a statement issued by the hospital earlier today. The incident, discovered on May 31, affected approximately 1.2 million patients. According to reporting by Christopher O’Donnell of the Tampa Bay Times, the types of patient information varied by patient…

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Stephen F. Austin State University breach included counseling records

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Dissent

As reported by East Texas Radio: Officials have determined that 8,600 counseling records and about 100 people’s government-issued identification numbers were stolen in a cyberattack at Stephen F. Austin State University last month. The cyber-attack hit SFA, causing their systems to go down. When officials discovered what happened, the university removed internet connections to contain…

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Now a third plastic surgery practice has nude patient photos leaked

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Dissent

Earlier this week, DataBreaches reported that two plastic surgery practices in California had both suffered cyberattacks. When the doctors did not pay ransom demands, attackers leaked nude patient pictures and patient info. One attack was by AlphV (BlackCat) on Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery. The other attack was by an unnamed group or individual on Gary…

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Microsoft to Offer Some Cybersecurity Tools Free After Suspected China Hack

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Dissent

Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan report: Microsoft said it plans to offer free some tools that can spot cyberattacks following last week’s disclosure of a major security breach linked to Chinese hackers that was undetectable for some customers. The decision to open up access to its back-end systems that log activity on the cloud came after Microsoft’s tiered…

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