Here we go again — another ransomware attack on a k-12 school district, and the threat actors may have obtained current — and very old — data on both students and personnel. Kudos to the district for promptly alerting their community as to the possibility and risks, but still, this is serious. So far, this…
Category: U.S.
Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced
Jerry DeMarco reports an update to a breach previously covered extensively on this site over the past decade. A member of an ID theft ring that stole more than $600,000 from customers at Michaels stores in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Thursday. Jose “Tito”…
Ohio State University email gaffe creates a FERPA breach
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…
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…