Teri Robinson reports: A ransomware attack took out parts of the Knoxville city website but did not compromise personal or financial information. The Tennessee city’s public safety operations were spared, Knoxnews cited Chief Operations Officer David Brace, deputy to the mayor, as saying. Brace said the fire department discovered the attack but didn’t disclose the amount or…
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University of Missouri Health Care discloses 2019 breach
University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) has today disclosed a breach that occurred in September 2019. According to a notification on their site, on September 21, 2019, they became aware that the email accounts of some students who had been seen by their health care system had been accessed without authorization. Those email…
Macy’s Settles Suit Over 2018 Data Breach for Up to $192K
Ella Chochrek reports the update to litigation stemming from a 2018 breach disclosed by Macy’s. Macy’s Inc. is paying up to $192,500 to settle a proposed class action suit after customer information was obtained by a third party in spring 2018. The department store chain received final approval from an Alabama federal judge Friday to…
BST sued by Community Care customers over Maze ransomware attack
Larry Rulison reports: Lawyers for patients of Community Care Physicians that were victimized by a cyber ransomware attack last December are suing the accounting firm that the medical practice hired to protect its customer data, some of which was published online. The class-action lawsuit was filed in state Supreme Court in Albany last month against …
FTC Reaches Settlement with Kohl’s over Allegations it Failed to Provide Victims with Information Related to Identity Theft
From the FTC, this press release: Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $220,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the Wisconsin-based retailer violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by refusing to provide complete records of transactions to consumers whose personal information was used by identity thieves. In…
(UPDATED) AL: Florence city computer systems hit by cyber attack
Update: After you read the news report below, do read Brian Krebs’ report on how he had warned them that DoppelPaymer operators had compromised one of their Windows 10 systems. The city thought it dodged the bullet after responding to his alert. They hadn’t. WAFF in Alabama reports: The city of Florence confirms its computer…