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Philly data breach that impacted health employee emails also hit other departments

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Dissent

Emily Scott reports: The City of Philadelphia has released an update on an investigation into a data breach that left some employee email accounts accessible to unauthorized individuals. The incident, initially identified in March 2020, was the result of an employee’s email account that was exposed due to a phishing attack. The breach impacted people receiving services…

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Colonial Pipeline Accused of Negligence in Proposed Class Action

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Dissent

Jake Holland reports: Colonial Pipeline Co. and its owners acted negligently by employing lax cybersecurity standards that left the company vulnerable to a massive ransomware attack, a proposed Georgia federal court class action alleges. The company breached its duty to employ industry security standards, and that failure translated into system outages that harmed consumers by raising…

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New Privacy Bill Provides Opt-Out Rights and New Data Security Requirements

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Dissent

Andrew Longhi, Jayne Ponder, and Libbie Canter of Covington & Burling write: To add to the growing list of federal privacy frameworks introduced this year, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has re-introduced the bipartisan Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2021 (S. 1667).  Senator Klobuchar introduced the bill originally in 2018 and 2019, although it did…

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CEFCO Allegedly Victim of Data Theft

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Dissent

Jackson Lewis reports: Hackers have posted 42 gigabytes of data allegedly stolen from CEFCO Convenience Stores on a website known as Marketo. The website indicates the stolen data includes “agreements, financial data, account lists, budget reports, NDAs and other interesting documents,” according to the post attached to the file online. Read more on CSP.

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WA: Clover Park School District investigating ransomware attack

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Dissent

Kevin Ko reports: Facing a “system outage,” the Clover Park School District is investigating why it’s “experiencing a technology issue,” a district spokesperson said in a statement. “We are working with third-party cybersecurity specialists to investigate the root cause of this system outage and will provide more information as our investigation continues,” the statement reads….

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IN: Eastern Hancock schools fall victim to ransomware attack

Posted on May 26, 2021 by chum1ng0

Eastern Hancock schools in Indiana were expected to be back up and running today after the district experienced a ransomware attack over the weekend. When the district discovered the attack Monday morning, it shut down the entire network, preventing the attack from spreading. The shutdown also meant the district lost the ability to receive phone…

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