An email gaffe due to not using bcc: instead of cc: or TO: revealed almost 400 Ohio State University students’ disability status to other students. Read the story on The Lantern. Note that this is a FERPA issue, and there really is no requirement for breach notification to those impacted, but the unintended disclosure needs…
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Salt Lake IT worker arrested, charged with sharing info on undercover officers
Another really serious insider-wrongdoing breach, if the allegations are true. Hayley Crombleholme reports: Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown called allegations that a city employee accessed the names of undercover officers, metro gang files, and other restricted documents “very concerning.” The man was identified in a probable cause document as Patrick Driscoll, an IT…
PA: Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau employee facing charges for accessing info to tip off a relative of investigation
Hometown2 reports: An Aultman woman is facing charges in Westmoreland County for accessing information from the state’s anonymous Childline and tipping off a relative in relation to a child welfare probe. The Trib reports that 39-year-old Rebecca D. Walker allegedly accessed the system through her job with the Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau. The report she…
Email breach at vendor to alliance of dental practices impacts numerous practices, more than 170,000 patients
For the second time in the past year, an alliance serving dental practices has been hit with a cyberattack. Last year’s attack impacted patients at Kids First Dentistry & Orthodontics, a subsidiary of Professional Dental Alliance of Connecticut. They reported a a ransomware attack on First Impressions Orthodontics impacted their patients. This year, a number…
Chico State employee charged with hacking, leaking vaccine exemption requests
Austin Herbaugh reports: A Chico State employee has been charged with criminal hacking after officials say he leaked vaccine exemption requests and personal information from some students. 22-year-old Alejandro Benitez is accused of publishing a list of Chico State students who applied for a religious exemption from the university’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Read more on…
US Government warns of BlackMatter ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure
Graham Cluley writes: The US Government has issued an alert to organisations about the threat posed by the BlackMatter ransomware group. The government’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (better known as CISA) issued the advisory earlier this week, following a series of BlackMatter ransomware attacks since July 2021 targeting US critical infrastructure, including two American organisations working…