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Officials: Virginia IT agency hit with ransomware attack

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

Sarah Rankin and Alan Suderman report: The information technology agency that serves Virginia’s legislature has been hit by a ransomware attack that has substantially affected its operations, state officials said Monday. Gov. Ralph Northam’s spokeswoman, Alena Yarmosky, confirmed the attack on Virginia’s Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Read more at AP

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Woman finds medical records stacked next to recycling bin in Sharpstown neighborhood

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

Re’Chelle Turner reports: A woman said she discovered medical records, which included private information, which was left in the middle of a southwest Houston neighborhood. “I was shocked with all the HIPPA [sic] rules now. I was very surprised,” she said. The woman, who did not want to be identified, said she saw something unusual…

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MA: Northeastern Cancels Vaccination Clinics After Third-Party Information Leak

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Dissent

Jay Willett reports: COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled on Northeastern University’s Boston campus have been cancelled following the discovery of registrants’ personal information being exposed by Pelmeds, a third-party vaccine provider. In a statement shared with WBZ NewsRadio, Northeastern said that the information was present on Pelmeds’ website. “As soon as the university became aware of…

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Optometry services provider and specialty pharmacy services both report breaches

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Dissent

As many people left for the weekend or were thinking about holiday shopping, two more HIPAA-covered entities disclosed breaches involving protected health information (PHI):  optometry services provider Simon Eye Management and specialty pharmacy services provider BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services, LLC. Neither disclosure, described below, reported any malware or ransomware component to their breaches. By the…

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T-Mobile litigation over major data breach to proceed in Missouri

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Dissent

Sara Merken reports the latest update in litigation stemming from the T-Mobile breach disclosed in August that impacted 53 million consumers: The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred a batch of lawsuits against T-Mobile US Inc over its recently disclosed data breach to a Kansas City, Missouri federal court. The panel in a Friday order centralized…

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Maryland health department says there’s no evidence of data lost after cyberattack; website is back online

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Dissent

Christine Condon and Hallie Miller report: The Maryland Department of Health said Monday that there was “no evidence” any of its data had been compromised after a cyberattack forced the agency to take its website offline over the weekend. “There is no evidence at this time that any data have been compromised,” department spokesman Andy…

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