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June retrial date set for ex-CIA engineer in leak case

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports: The retrial of a former CIA software engineer charged with leaking secrets to WikiLeaks in an espionage case will begin June 7, a judge said Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty set the date for Joshua Schulte over the objections of a defense lawyer who said it would be impossible…

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A massive hacking network that Microsoft and the US military tried to stop last month is already back — and it could be a bad sign for Election Day

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Dissent

Aaron Holmes reports: Last month, Microsoft announced it had won a major victory in the fight against cybercrime. The company said in mid-October that it had thwarted Trickbot — a stubborn malware network that’s been used to infect critical computer systems, often shutting them down for ransom. Experts were relieved by the announcement; Trickbot and other ransomware…

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ShopRite, Wakefern will pay $235k fine, improve security after massive data breach, AG says

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Dissent

Sophie Nieto-Munoz reports: ShopRite and its parent company, Wakefern Food Corporation, will pay $235,000 after two supermarkets threw away electronic devices exposing thousands of customers’ medical information, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Monday. The company will also have to improve its data security after they failed to protect the information of more than 9,700 pharmaceutical customers…

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“We take your privacy seriously,” Saturday edition

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Dissent

As part of my research collaboration with Protenus for their Breach Barometer reports, I spend time every week reaching out to entities to ask them for details about incidents if I cannot find any notice on their site or a state attorney general’s site.  Most entities respond with the requested information or a copy of…

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New Haven Health Department failed to terminate former employee’s access to protected health information

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Dissent

The City of New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven) has agreed to pay $202,400 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) Privacy and Security Rules.  The…

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NH: Info may be stolen in Salem computer attack

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Dissent

Breanna Edelstein reports: Town officials still offline after a cybersecurity breach last week recently learned attackers were able to access internal systems, according to Town Manager Chris Dillon. At about 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 21, the town became the victim of “a sophisticated cybersecurity attack involving ransomware,” Dillon said in a statement. Read more on…

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