Kathleen Moore reports: Emma Willard School has been dealing with a ransomware attack that struck the school last week, school Head Jennifer Rao said in a letter to the school community. Personal financial information for some members of the Emma Willard community was stolen. Employees’ Social Security numbers were also taken, she said in the…
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Nearly 58K targeted in Florida CONNECT website data breach, DEO says
WESH reports: Nearly 58,000 people were targeted in a data breach of Florida’s CONNECT website, the Florida Department of Economics has confirmed. The DEO said it learned of the data break on July 16 involving potentially fraudulent activity. Information that may have been accessed within the accounts included social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, bank…
Breaking News: You can’t believe everything you read on RaidForums….*
CyberNews recently published a post about an alleged breach of Humana.com. In their reporting, they repeated a claim on Raid Forums by “Bandido Revolution” that data they were posting on RaidForums “…was acquired from US insurance giant Humana and includes detailed medical records of the company’s health plan members dating back to 2019.” Elsewhere in…
MN: Five in trouble with the state for unauthorized access of driver’s information
Tim Harlow reports: The deputy registrar’s office in Fairfax, Minn., is closed and its two employees are off the job after they accessed drivers’ motor vehicle records without an authorized purpose, according to the state Department of Public Safety. In an unrelated case in North Mankato, three employees at a deputy registrar’s office were stripped…
Hospital worker stole identities of dying California patients in COVID scam, feds say
Helen Wegner reports: A hospital employee is accused of sharing patient identities with scammers who then fraudulently tried to obtain their COVID-19 unemployment benefits, according to court documents unsealed this week. Matthew Lombardo worked at the Scripps Health hospital in San Diego as a patient service representative where he obtained and verified patient information, including…
Connecticut Enacts Safe Harbor From Punitive Damages In Data Breach Cases
Jason Gavejian and Joseph Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis write: Effective October 1, 2021, Connecticut becomes the third state with a data breach litigation “safe harbor” law (Public Act No. 21-119), joining Utah and Ohio. In short, the Connecticut law prohibits courts in the state from assessing punitive damages in data breach litigation against a covered defendant…