Derek Newton reports: Jim Ridolfo at the University of Kentucky and William Hart-Davidson at Michigan State University have found that more than 100 websites of American colleges have been hacked or otherwise compromised by essay mills, the contract cheating providers that improperly sell academic work to students. Read more on Forbes.
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AR: Two men, including ex-employee of Magnolia bank, get federal sentences for stealing account info of 100 people, committing mail fraud
The Magnolia Reporter reports: Two men, including a former employee of a Magnolia bank, have been sentenced for stealing financial information and making more than $42,000 in fraudulent online purchases. Patrick Wayne Watson, 24, now of Conway, and Kennan Dane O’Bier, 24, now of Nash, TX, were sentenced Tuesday in United States Federal Court at…
Morgan County, Missouri: DoppelPaymer publishes the first data stolen during the cyber attack
Marco De Felice reports: Morgan County in Missouri is one of the latest government institutions affected by the DoppelPaymer ransomware group. The ransomware group, during the attack on the County’s computer systems, exfiltrated sensitive documents and some of them were posted on the dark web. Read more on SuspectFile.
Kentucky reports ‘possible cyberattack’ on unemployment claims website
There have been a rash of reports on unemployment fraud due to states simplifying the process to apply online during the pandemic. Could this be part of that bigger picture? WAVE3 reported that the Kentucky Career Center posted the following statement on its website: While there has not been any security breach and no information…
OH: Fisher-Titus Medical Center notified patients; employee email account accessed last year
Brandon Addeo reports: The personal information of patients at Fisher-Titus Medical Center was compromised after an unknown person gained access to an employee’s email account. According to a notice from the Norwalk hospital, someone accessed an employee’s email between August 2020 and October 2020. That email account contained personal information including people’s full names, Social…
March 1, 2021: Deadline for Reporting 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches
Reminder: March 1, 2021: Deadline for Reporting 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches