Stefano Esposito reports: If you were hoping to look up a case on the clerk of the circuit court of Cook County’s website, you may be out of luck for a few weeks. The website has been down since Aug. 13 after a breach that directed users to an NFL-related website, court staff said. “The…
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Pennsylvanians who had personal information exposed in contact tracing data breach no longer suing state
Rick Earle reports: The Pennsylvania Health Department has been dismissed from a federal lawsuit including Insight Global, the company responsible. Insight Global is now the only defendant named in that lawsuit. Target 11 broke the story in April that personal information of more than 70,000 Pennsylvania residents involved in COVID-19 contact tracing had been compromised. Insight Global blamed…
CareATC notifies patients, employees, and dependents after discovering employee email accounts compromised
The following is a press release: TULSA, Okla., Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CareATC, Inc. (“CareATC”) recently discovered an incident that may have impacted the privacy of information related to certain patients, employees, and dependents of patients and employees. While CareATC is unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of information in relation to the incident, it is providing potentially affected…
T-Mobile CEO apologizes for data breach, announces security partnership with Mandiant
J. Bonaficic reports: T-Mobile says it’s “truly sorry” about the data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 54 million customers. “The last two weeks have been humbling for all of us at T-Mobile as we have worked tirelessly to navigate a malicious cyberattack on our systems,” the carrier said in an update on the…
Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage
Sergui Gatlan reports: The Boston Public Library (BPL) has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. BPL serves almost 4 million visitors per year through its central library, twenty-five neighborhood branches, and millions more online. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Berkeley High alum, 19, posted stolen nude photos of underage girls online, police say
Emilie Raguso reports: A former Berkeley High School student is facing multiple felony charges this week after police say he hacked into the accounts of nine female BHS students, stole nude photographs from them and posted the images online. Authorities say 19-year-old Liam Burgmann, a Berkeley resident, was found in possession of more than 600 images…