Joe Patrice reports: Law firms must always be supremely cautious with private information, but you can’t help but think a firm would add that little extra attention to the task when their client has already been sued for a data breach. Not only would another leak damage the client’s reputation further, you already know that…
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AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate) Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations
Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has agreed to pay $25,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. …
Nigerian Cybercriminal Gang Targets Texas Unemployment System
Brian New reports: A Nigerian cybercriminal gang is targeting the Texas unemployment system, according to evidence shared with the CBS 11 I-Team. A 13-page step-by-step tutorial on how to commit unemployment identity fraud through the Texas Workforce Commission website was discovered in an online closed group chat between members of the cybercriminal organization known as…
NH: Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison for Hacking Police Department in Revenge for Drug Arrest
Wayne Kenney, 31, of Hooksett, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for unauthorized access to a computer and damage to protected computers, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, in early 2015, Kenney…
NM: Las Cruces behavioral health counselor accused of Medicaid fraud, identity theft
Algernon D’Ammassa reports: A licensed professional clinical counselor based in Las Cruces was indicted Friday on multiple counts of Medicaid fraud, identity theft and other charges. The grand jury indictment, filed in New Mexico’s Third District Court, accuses Cathy Chidester of Drop In Counseling of submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, including one count of Medicaid fraud…
Headphone and speaker maker Bose discloses ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Audio equipment manufacturer Bose said it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place earlier this year, on March 7. The attack hit the company’s US-based systems and was detected on the same day it occurred, but not before hackers deployed the ransomware across the company’s internal network. Read more…