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One Brooklyn Health System offline for more than one week — has it been hit with ransomware?

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Dissent

If it sounds like a ransomware attack and they won’t tell you what’s going on for more than one week, I think ransomware sounds like a reasonable guess, and DataBreaches understands why some people are suggesting that.  On November 25, The City reported: The computer network system at a major Brooklyn hospital network has been…

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GA: Federal magistrate judge recommends dismissing hacking case against Vikas Singla

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Dissent

In June 2021, DataBreaches reported that Vikas Singla had been indicted on charges relating to a 2018 cyberattack on Gwinnett Medical Center. At the time of the alleged attack, Singla was the chief operating officer of a metro-Atlanta network security company.  He was charged with 18 counts of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act…

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IN: Crown Point Community School Corp. students to return to school Tuesday

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Dissent

William Skipworth reports: Crown Point Community School Corp. students are set to return to class Tuesday morning after a network outage and fears over a potential cybersecurity breach closed district schools on Monday. The school district said its network may have been compromised during a network outage last week. In response to that, it sent…

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Developing: Data purportedly from Kenosha Unified School District shows up on dark web

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Dissent

On October 22, DataBreaches reported that Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin had been added to Snatch Team’s leak site and then removed without explanation. The district had previously disclosed an incident in September. Snatch offered no proof pack and the quick removal of the listing left DataBreaches wondering if the district had decided to…

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In New Hampshire, school technology directors collaborate to protect student data

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Dissent

Eileen O’Grady reports that New Hampshire schools have pooled resources to hire someone who will negotiate with tech and app vendors to make sure that the contracts protect the schools and that contracts aren’t suddenly changed on them, etc. For the past three years, an alliance of school technology directors called the New Hampshire Student…

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Reminder that small-n medical privacy breaches can cause harm

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Dissent

Over on PogoWasRight.org this morning, I linked to a post by Eric Goldman involving litigation over a medical privacy breach.  One plaintiff claimed to have suffered significant harm in her life due to a hospital employee mailing her information to an unrelated third party who then posted it online. I mention that case because although…

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