Shaddi Abusaid reports: Two DeKalb County police officers arrested last month after allegedly selling thousands of accident reports have resigned in lieu of termination, the department said. Nikko McClinton and Ronald Anderson, both nine-year veterans of the department, were arrested Jan. 30 after authorities learned they were selling DeKalb’s crash reports to third parties, agency…
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NC: Wake County learns that 1,900 employees affected by breach at former benefits administrator
Posted to Wake County’s website yesterday (h/t, WDTV/Yahoo) Wake County’s former flexible benefit spending accounts administrator, Interactive Medical Systems, recently reported that it experienced a data security breach that disclosed the personal information of nearly 1,900 Wake County Government employees to an unauthorized third party. “We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern that this matter…
Potential class action lawsuits filed against two more ransomware victims
On Thursday, I reported on a potential class action lawsuit that had been filed against two hospitals in Puerto Rico that suffered a ransomware attack. As I noted in my post, none of the named plaintiffs claimed that they had suffered any concrete injury or harm other than the cost and time involved in monitoring…
PSL Services in Maine notifies HHS, clients after discovering employee email accounts compromised
A press release from PSL Services in Maine (they are a HIPAA-covered entity): Peregrine Corporation d/b/a PSL Services (“PSL Services”) today announced that a recent event may have impacted the security of personal information relating to certain residents of Maine. While PSL Services is still in the process of identifying impacted individuals in order to…
WV: Charleston Lube Partners, LLC Provides Notice of a Payment Card Security Event
Via PR Newswire: Charleston Lube Partners, LLC, the independent owner and operator of Quaker Steak & Lube®, Charleston, West Virginia (“restaurant”), provides notice of an event that may affect the security of payment card information used by certain customers at this restaurant between February 14, 2019 and August 19, 2019. What Happened? Charleston Lube Partners, LLC utilizes a point of…
Russian hacker known as ‘Aqua’ targeted western Pa. school district
Rick Earle reports: An international hacking scheme started and ended in western Pennsylvania. It was one of the largest and most sophisticated hacking schemes ever devised, and a local school district ended up in the middle of the investigation. Target 11′s Rick Earle discovered that the thieves tried to make off with $990,000 from the Sharon…