Rachel Keller reports: The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is now investigating after some residents’ personal information was leaked in a data breach of one of their online programs. At 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, families on the waiting list to receive Individual and Family Support Program funding logged onto the…
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K–12 Cybersecurity Act Signed into Law
David Nagel reports: On Friday, Oct. 8, President Biden signed the K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021 into law. The act comes in response to growing data security incidents impacting K–12 schools in recent years, including a dramatic rise in ransomware and other forms of malware. On its own, the legislation is fairly simple: It authorizes the director of…
Manhasset School District Victim of Ransomware?
Frank Rizzo reports: Manhasset School District Acting Superintendent of Schools Gaurav Passi, at the Oct. 7 board of education meeting, said that the district may have been the victim of ransomware. “At this time we can confirm that we have discovered ransomware in our system,” Passi said. “And that the malicious actor—or threat actor, as…
The Dallas Independent School District breach impacted almost 800,000, but details are still lacking
On September 3, this site reported on a breach involving Dallas ISD in Texas. As noted at the time, details were lacking. But now their external counsel has provided notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office and so we now know more: The breach, which reportedly occurred on June 8, impacted 795,497 individuals. [Note that…
Next Level Apparel Notice of Security Incident
Today’s reminder that you’ll find medical/health info everywhere… GARDENA, Calif., Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Next Level Apparel (“NLA”) announced today a phishing email incident that involved a small number of email accounts in its computer environment. The phishing email incident resulted in unauthorized access to information contained in some email accounts, including names accompanied by Social…
Hackers of SolarWinds stole data on U.S. sanctions policy, intelligence probe
Joseph Menn and Christopher Bing report: The suspected Russian hackers who used SolarWinds and Microsoft software to burrow into U.S. federal agencies emerged with information about counter-intelligence investigations, policy on sanctioning Russian individuals and the country’s response to COVID-19, people involved in the investigation told Reuters. The hacks were widely publicized after their discovery late…