Peter Schorsch reports: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is postponing all non-emergency patient procedures as officials manage an Information Technology security issue that occurred late Thursday night, according to a memo from the hospital. The IT security breach is a suspected ransomware attack, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Read more at Florida Politics. The following…
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Members of Congress Call for IRS to Investigate Tax Companies Sharing Data with Facebook
Members of Congress Call for IRS to Investigate Tax Companies Sharing Data with Facebook The Markup revealed the companies’ practices last year By: Colin Lecher and Simon Fondrie-Teitler Three congressional Democrats are demanding that the Internal Revenue Service investigate tax preparation companies for sharing sensitive taxpayer data with Facebook after The Markup revealed the practice…
Acuity Brands allegedly failed to protect employee info during data breaches – lawsuit
Jessy Edwards reports on litigation stemming from breaches previously noted on this site. Acuity Brands was negligent in its data security, leading to two data breaches that exposed as many as 37,000 people’s personal information to hackers, a new class action lawsuit alleges. Plaintiffs Andrew Smith and Mackenzie Fairfield—both former employees of the lighting company—filed…
Circles of Care sued over data breach involving confidential and sensitive information
Circles of Care is a healthcare provider in Florida offering diagnostic and treatment services to those with behavioral, substance abuse, or mental health issues. In September 2022, they were the victim of a ransomware attack. Circles of Care first detected anomalous activity on their server on September 21, but according to their recent website notice,…
Former Employee Ubiquiti Networks Pleads Guilty To Stealing Confidential Data And Extorting Company For Ransom
There’s an update to a previously reported case involving a former employee of Ubiquiti Networks, although as is their policy, the DOJ does not name the victim firm: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICKOLAS SHARP pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to multiple federal…
Auction Company Offers to Sell Unscrubbed Computers Back to San Benito Schools
Fernando Del Valle reports: A San Benito school district online auction sold thousands of computers and tablets, some of which contained employees’ and students’ personal data, a computer store owner said Wednesday. South Texas Auction Co.’s records show the district sold more than 2,000 computers and 1,500 tablets during a July 23 online auction, David…