Bay City News reports: The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced Tuesday a privacy breach at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital involving patients’ meal tray tickets that were improperly disposed into regular garbage bins. The tickets, which contained patients’ full names, birth month and day, bed/unit location at the hospital, diet information and menu…
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Pensacola officials not sure if cyberattack related to shooting at naval air station
Tina Burnside and Eric Levenson report: The city of Pensacola, Florida, said it has experienced a cyber “incident” and has disconnected several city services until the issue can be resolved. Mayor Grover Robinson told CNN affiliate WEAR the city has been dealing with a cyberattack since late Friday. Read more on CNN. h/t, @VERISDB
Banner Health agrees to $6 million settlement over 2016 breach
Jessica Kim Cohen reports an update on a 2016 breach covered on this site: Banner Health has agreed to pay up to $6 million to victims of a massive data breach the Arizona health system experienced in 2016, according to court documents filed last week. The plaintiffs in the case filed the motion for preliminary…
Metro Atlanta city experiences data breach, FBI investigating
Jason Braverman reports: The City of Newnan recently experienced a data breach where an “unauthorized individual” was in possession of electronic files containing data maintained by the city, including personal information, the city told 11Alive. On Sept. 4, the city learned of the data breach regarding files that contained vehicle accident report data from approximately…
Ransomware Writes Drama at Shakespeare Theatre
Lawrence Abrams reports: A ransomware attack over the weekend has taken down the ticketing system and patron database for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and has also affected at least one other organization in the Madison area. This could not come at a worse time for the Theatre as they were getting ready to begin their…
Sunapee school stands up to ransomware goons
Damien Fisher reports: The Wi-Fi service got restarted last week at Sunapee Middle High School, eight weeks after a ransomware attack took out the school’s data. The October attack was discovered first by the district’s technology team when it was determined that all of the data was encrypted, said Superintendent Russell Holden. With a lot…