WBRC reports: St. Clair County Commission Chairman Paul Manning said the county is a victim of a cyberattack, but no data has left the system. Manning said on September 21, 2020, around 7:00 p.m., St. Clair County was the target of the cyberattack. The county immediately began taking actions to mitigate and remediate any hardware…
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Spokane health district apologizes for accidental disclosure of personal health info
Megan Carroll reports: The Spokane Regional Health District is apologizing on Monday after it accidentally disclosed personal health information to a partner agency. According to a press release, SRHD discovered the unauthorized disclosure to Northeast Washington Educational Service District 101 on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Recipients included school administrations and nursing staff. Read more on KREM.
Montefiore employee terminated after data breach affected up to 4,000 patient records
Jeff Lagasse reports: On Friday, Montefiore Medical Center alerted patients that a former employee had recently stolen personal information from roughly 4,000 patient records, which led Montefiore to terminate the employee upon learning of the security breach and potential identity theft. Read more on Healthcare Finance. Their story appears to have a typo in it, though: the…
Member of thedarkoverlord sentenced to 60 months and $1.4 million in restitution
The first — and so far, only — person to have been arrested and charged as a member of “thedarkoverlord” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in the U.K. was sentenced by Judge Judge Ronnie L. White to 60 months in prison and almost $1.5 million…
Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pays $1.5 Million to Settle HHS Charges of Systemic Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules
From HHS, a settlement notice involving one of thedarkoverlord’s victims. Athens Orthopedic Clinic is still facing a lawsuit from patients that made it all the way up to the Georgia Supreme Court on the issue of whether they had demonstrated enough harm to survive a motion to dismiss. Note: This blogger is the journalist referenced…
13-year-old student nabbed in cyber attacks on Valpo schools, police say
Bob Kasarda reports on a case in Indiana: VALPARAISO — A 13-year-old Benjamin Franklin Middle School student was arrested and faces a felony charge of hacking into the school district’s computer system in the wake of ongoing disruptions in online learning, police confirmed Friday morning. The boy, who was taken to the Porter County Juvenile…