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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation notifies staff, visitors, and incarcerated individuals of breach

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dissent

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) issued a breach notification this week. Because the notification mentions COVID-19 testing, at first, DataBreaches thought it was the incident CDCR had disclosed last month, but no, it turns out that that was a different incident. The newly revealed breach affects staff, visitors, and others tested for…

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WA: W-2 wage information of Kent city employees ‘inadvertently disclosed’ | Update

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dissent

Steve Hunter reports: A city of Kent staff member “inadvertently disclosed to (another city) employee a file containing the 2020 W-2 Wage and Tax Statement information for all city employees,” according to an email sent by Chief Administrative Officer Pat Fitzpatrick to city employees. In the Friday, Aug. 19 email, Fitzpatrick said he was writing…

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Hacker accesses injured workers’ personal info in cyberattack on North Dakota agency

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Dissent

It’s not often we see a breach report from North Dakota. Forum reports: The North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance agency was a victim of a cybersecurity attack on June 28 that involved personal data, according to a statement released by WSI on Friday, Aug. 19. According to the statement: A Workforce Safety & Insurance…

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From the “What Could Possibly Go Wrong Department” after it went wrong, Monday edition

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Dissent

In June, many of us first became aware that Facebook was receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites. Of 33 hospital websites that The Markup tested, 10 of them had trackers (“Meta Pixels”) which sent information to Facebook when a patients clicked a button on the hospital’s site to schedule an a medical appointment. This…

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CO: Fremont County cyberattack update

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Dissent

Aidan Hulting reported the following on August 19: Fremont County officials say the county is still suffering from a cyberattack that took down county government systems on Wednesday, August 17th. The attack caused Fremont County Government buildings and county government systems to remain closed through Friday. Read more at KOAA. The official county website still…

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Whitworth reaches ‘final resolution’ in network security breach

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Dissent

Erin Robinson reports: Whitworth University officials say they have reached a “final resolution” in a network security breach. The university’s information systems were hacked in late July. A message to the Whitworth community says there is a chance personal student, alumni, employer or donor information was compromised. If an investigation determines that is the case,…

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