On January 3, the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA NW) in Portland, Oregon announced that it experienced a cybersecurity incident November 4-5, 2019. The attack was described as a malware incident with Emotet malware injected when some employees fell for a phishing attack on November 4. The incident was recognized quickly…
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IL: Bartlett Public Library recovered from ransomware attack
From the library’s home page: The Bartlett Public Library District’s computer systems were disabled on Saturday, November 30, 2019 by a ransomware virus. Ransomware encrypts data so that the owner loses access to all of their files and emails. No one’s private information was compromised. The Library does not store sensitive information such as credit…
Avid Technology reports a breach that they discovered in 2018
What should states do when notification is made but took more than one year? Are explanations sufficient to avoid any penalties for late notice? Here’s a case where notice to some individuals was made more than 7 months after discovery of a problem, but others did not get notified for more than one year. Read…
OH: ‘Human error’ causes county data loss
Jennifer Woods reports: Due to “human error,” up to six months of data for a few county offices was lost or had to be re-uploaded to a computer system in December, according to the Fayette County Commissioners. Essentially, the data was being transferred by an employee of “YourColo” from one system into a more secure…
NM: 2 months after ransomware attack, Las Cruces Public Schools still crippled by limited internet access
KVIA reports: More than two months after a massive ransomware attack compromised the Las Cruces Public Schools network, a union president told ABC-7 that educators are forced to work extra hours “at the expense of their well-being.” “It has become very overwhelming for our educators,” said Denise Sheehan, the president of the National Education Association in Las…
OR: The City of Bend discloses Click2Gov breach
The City of Bend was recently informed that a potential data security incident may have compromised the payment card information of some City utility customers who made one-time utility bill payments or enrolled in auto pay using a credit or debit card between August 30, 2019 and October 14, 2019. The data that may have…