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Ransomware threat actors dump data from yet another k-12 district

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dissent

The past few days have not been great ones for k-12 districts.  As this site reported, DoppelPaymer ransomware threat actors recently dumped data from both Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi and Gardiner Public Schools in Montana. Now a third school district has also had some of their data dumped. On December 14, this site had…

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Federal Financial Agencies Propose Requirement for Computer Security Incident Notification

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dissent

A press release from the FDIC on December 18: Federal financial regulatory agencies today announced a proposal that would require supervised banking organizations to promptly notify their primary federal regulator in the event of a computer security incident. In particular, alerts would be required for incidents that could result in a banking organization’s inability to…

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Premier Kids Care, Inc. notifies patients of attack first discovered in April

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Dissent

Premier Kids Care, Inc. (PKC) of Georgia provides specialized pharmacy and home clinical services for children with diabetes, endocrinological, and perinatal needs. On April 6, 2020, PKC discovered it had been targeted by a cyberattack and that an unauthorized actor had gained access to PKC systems. An investigation into the incident revealed that the unauthorized…

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Helena Public Schools notifies some employees after burglar snatched USB with their timesheets

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Dissent

Helena Public Schools recently notified some current and former employees involved in the after-school student program that their data was on a stolen USB drive. According to their notification letter, on September 28, 2020, the district discovered that the Lincoln Elementary School building had been burglarized over the previous weekend.  Among several items that were…

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DoppelPaymer dumps data from public school districts in Mississippi and Montana

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Dissent

Why ransomware threat actors go after small school districts with few resources still puzzles me.  The districts may be “low-hanging fruit” from a security perspective, but they generally do not have the resources to pay big ransom demands. So why target them? My puzzlement notwithstanding, a number of ransomware teams do attack k-12 districts. DoppelPaymer…

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GenRx Pharmacy Breach Notice Shows How to Do It Right

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Dissent

This may be one of the best breach notifications I have ever read — for its plain language, clarity, and lack of attempt to spin. Not only did these folks respond promptly to an attack, but they had usable backups, stopped the attack  quickly, and just…. handled this so well, it seems. Maybe they didn’t…

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