Is the following case an example of insider threat or it is a whistleblower situation — or both? The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern Texas issued the following press release on June 17: A Houston doctor has been indicted for obtaining protected individual health information for patients that were not under his care and without…
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Association of Texas Professional Educators notifying 414,515 members of data breach (1)
The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) is notifying more than 414,000 members of a data breach. In a letter to those affected, ATPE explains that they first detected abnormal activity in their network on February 12, 2024. By the conclusion of the forensic investigation on March 20, 2024, investigators had found evidence that some…
FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles With Liberty Latin America for Data Breach Notification Violations
Full Title: In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile USVI Inc. Document Type: Consent Decree Order Bureau(s): Enforcement Description FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed…
Cleveland confirms ransomware attack as City Hall remains closed
Jonathan Greig reports: Cleveland’s City Hall will remain closed on Tuesday in the aftermath of a cyberattack that has forced officials to take unnamed systems offline. In a statement to Recorded Future News, the city said the incident has been confirmed as a ransomware attack, but they declined to answer specific questions about what services…
Phishing attack hits L.A. County public health agency, jeopardizing 200,000-plus residents’ personal info
Hannah Fry reports: The personal information of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles County was potentially exposed after a hacker used a phishing email to steal the login credentials of 53 public health employees, the county announced Friday. Details that were possibly accessed in the February data breach include the first and last names,…
You permanently closed your business and then got hit with a ransomware attack. It just doesn’t seem fair, does it?
From a breach notification by civil law firm Santoro Whitmire in Las Vegas: Recently, after the firm permanently closed its business, we were the target of a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a computer virus that encrypts computer systems until and unless we pay money (i.e., the ransom) demanded by the attackers. We immediately notified law…