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PA: Penelec customers must reset passwords after security breach

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Dissent

WCED News reports: The parent company of Penelec and other electric companies in our state, the First Energy Corporation, is requiring all customers to reset their passwords due to a security breach. First Energy disabled the online accounts and asked customers to reset the passwords on Friday after detecting hackers making numerous unauthorized attempts to…

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Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc. Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Event

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Dissent

From the I-have-questions department: Nevada Restaurant Services reported that they experienced a breach in January of this year and that the threat actor was able to copy some of their files. The type of data varied by person but the notification stated that the scope of information potentially involved includes individuals’ name, date of birth,…

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NC: Sandhills Center Provides Notice of Potential Data Theft

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Dissent

On July 30, 2021, DataBreaches.net reported on a claimed cyberattack against Sandhills Center in North Carolina. Data for sale had shown up on the “Marketo” site, and when DataBreaches.net looked at the “proof packs,” of data, they included psychological evaluations and other documents with personal and sensitive information.  Much of the data was old, and…

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Data breach at Coalinga State Hospital reveals private information on nearly 1,800 patients

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Dissent

KFSN reports: On Friday, the State Hospital Department announced a privacy breach at Coalinga State Hospital. Employees have improperly provided confidential information about approximately 1,800 patients now and in the past to the US District Court in the Eastern District of California, officials said. The breach occurred on July 21, 2013, October 12, 2016, and…

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Before you leave for the holiday weekend, if you haven’t left already…

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Dissent

The government issued a warning this week reminding people that threat actors are likely to attack when entities are short-staffed due to weekends or holidays. Brett Callow posted an interesting graphic on Twitter that may help drive that point home: “What did you do last weekend, Mrs Ransomware Criminal?” “Oh, not much. I was busy…

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Juniper Breach Mystery Starts to Clear With New Details on Hackers and U.S. Role

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Dissent

Jordan Robertson reports: Days before Christmas in 2015, Juniper Networks Inc. alerted users that it had been breached. In a brief statement, the company said it had discovered “unauthorized code” in one of its network security products, allowing hackers to decipher encrypted communications and gain high-level access to customers’ computer systems. Further details were scant,…

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