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Data breach at Monroe County Hospital & Clinics results in notification to 7,500 patients

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Dissent

Tyler J. Davis reports: More than 7,000 patients of a south-central Iowa medical system have been notified that their personal information may have been leaked in a data breach. Monroe County Hospital & Clinics said in a news release Monday that approximately 7,500 people were notified that the breach may have led to unauthorized access…

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Cop’s Strip Club Dancer Plate Search May Test Scope of Hack Law

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Dissent

Sara Merken reports: The U.S. Supreme Court may decide if someone who improperly uses their authorized computer access, such as a cop looking up a strip club dancer’s license plate as a favor, can be liable under a federal anti-hacking law. A December petition seeks the high court review because appeals courts are split on…

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Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: 2019 will be remembered as the year when major security bugs were disclosed in a large number of enterprise VPN servers, such as those sold by Pulse Secure, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Citrix. Read more on ZDNet.

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1 in 6 Massachusetts Communities Hit by ‘Ransomware’ Attacks

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Dissent

Ryan Kath and Jim Haddadin report: Inside the Bay State, a handful of attacks against cities and towns have garnered widespread attention, though the problem may be more prevalent than many imagine. Records obtained by the NBC10 Boston Investigators show dozens of Massachusetts communities have quietly negotiated ransomware attacks, sometimes taking days or weeks to…

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Wise Health updates its breach notification of last summer

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Dissent

In July 2019, this site noted that Wise Health in Texas had notified HHS about a HIPAA breach impacting 35,899 patients. The report concerned a phishing incident in March, 2019 that was discovered in April, 2019. Last week, Wise Health issued another press release, reproduced below. At first blush, it might sound like a new…

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TX: Port Lavaca City Hall won’t pay $200k ransom demand; working to recover from Ryuk attack

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Dissent

Samantha Douty reports: Port Lavaca City Hall’s server fell at the hands of the Russian ryuk virus last week. The city’s Mayor Jack Whitlow said city officials are scrubbing the servers of the virus to get their system back into working order. The city has already racked up a nearly $50,000 bill, most of which…

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