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California Attorney General Reminds Health App Providers of Obligations to Protect Reproductive Health Information

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Dissent

Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 26, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a press release reminding health app providers that California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”) applies to mobile apps that are designed to store medical information, which includes health apps such as fertility trackers. The press release reminds health app providers that the…

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Shields Health Care Group notifies 2,000,000 patients after hack

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Dissent

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. (“Shields”) provides management and imaging services for dozens of covered entities in New England. On March 28, 2022, Shields was alerted to suspicious activity that may have involved data compromise.  Their investigation discovered that an unknown threat actor had access to certain systems between March 7 and March 21 and…

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Novartis says no sensitive data was compromised in cyberattack

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: Pharmaceutical giant Novartis says no sensitive data was compromised in a recent cyberattack by the Industrial Spy data-extortion gang. Industrial Spy is a hacking group that runs an extortion marketplace where they sell data stolen from compromised organizations. Yesterday, the hacking group began selling data allegedly stolen from Novartis on their Tor…

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FBI thwarts cyberthreat against Boston Children’s Hospital by hackers sponsored by Iranian government

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Dissent

WCVB reports: Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government tried to get into the computer systems of Boston Children’s Hospital last year; however, they were stopped with the help of the Boston Division of the FBI, officials announced Wednesday. […] In the summer of 2021, the FBI said officials received a report from another intelligence agency…

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Are victims of Netgain ransomware incident first being notified now?

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Dissent

Accounting firm Perkins & Co. in Portland Oregon has submitted a notification to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office about a breach that goes back to 2020 — the Netgain ransomware incident that impacted numerous clients and individuals. According to Perkins’ notification, Netgain first notified them of the breach in December 2020. So why did it…

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School Board hacked after emails of contractors compromised

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Dissent

Emily Burleigh reports: The Calcasieu Parish School Board has been the victim of a cyber fraud incident. “Because we at the Calcasieu Parish School Board believe in full honesty and transparency, we want to make stakeholders aware of a cyber fraud incident involving our district,” CPSB spokesperson Holly Holland said in a statement to the American…

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