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Lawyers are nearing a settlement deal for the infamous 2015 OPM hack

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Dissent

Attorneys are closing in on a settlement deal that could deliver up to $63 million to some victims of one of the most cataclysmic data breaches in history The settlement, if approved by a judge, would end a seven-year legal effort to win compensation for more than 21 million current and former federal employees who were…

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Sunday notes: Welldyne, North Alabama Bone & Joint Clinic disclose breaches affecting patient data

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Dissent

A Sunday two-fer on health data breaches: WellDyneRx, LLC (“WellDyne”) issued a press release on May 6 concerning an incident they first detected on December 2. The Florida-headquartered pharmacy benefits service provider’s investigation discovered that there was unauthorized access to an email account between October 30, 2021, and November 11, 2021. “Although there is no…

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Two States Enact Insurance Data Security Laws

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Dissent

Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: In April 2022, two states enacted insurance data security legislation based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Insurance Data Security Model Law (MDL-668). Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed HB 474 into law on April 8, 2022, and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed SB 207 into law on April 21, 2022. The new laws establish…

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Newport buys AI cyber protection

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Dissent

Kenneth Lipp reports: Newport City Council voted last week to approve a contract for software that uses “artificial intelligence” to detect malicious network activity, bidding to avoid having its data and network seized in ransomware attacks, as have other municipalities in Oregon. Read more at Newport News Times. See what you think about this one.

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Lincoln College was already struggling. Then came ransomware.

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Dissent

Emily Bamforth reported this on April 21 on EdScoop. Somehow I missed it, but it’s so important that I am adding it now: As Illinois’ Lincoln College approached its two-week winter hiatus last December, workers walked in one weekend to find printers spewing threatening notes saying the school’s data was locked up and could only…

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Breast Cancer Support Organization Leaks Data Despite Multiple Notifications?

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Dissent

Update: After posting this, tweeting this story, and getting retweets on it, it appears that as of late yesterday, the bucket was finally secured. Thanks to SafeyDetectives who kept re-checking the bucket and to everyone who tried to call attention to this to get the data locked down. DataBreaches did not get any acknowledgement or…

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