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After two nights in jail, St. Louis lawyer ordered to pay $775,000 to her former firm for copying client files

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Dissent

Joel Currier reports that a former law firm employee who allegedly helped herself to copies of 22,000 files one week before she resigned for a new position elsewhere, has been ordered to pay her former employee more than $775,000. St. Louis lawyer Chelsea Merta, who was found in contempt of court earlier this year, has…

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Dunkin’ Donuts says there’s ‘no basis’ for lawsuit over 2015 security incident

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports that Dunkin Donuts has responded to the lawsuit filed by the NYS Attorney General with a statement to them that said, in part, that there’s “absolutely no basis” for the lawsuit, and that they were “shocked and disappointed” by the New York Attorney General’s Office decision to move forward with litigation. Read…

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OK: Guthrie Public Schools hit by ransomware attack

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dissent

KOCO 5 reports: Guthrie Public Schools officials said they were the victims of a cyberattack after someone hit the district with a ransomware virus. Superintendent Mike Simpson told KOCO 5 he was made away of the situation Sept. 16. Because of the safeguards in place, he said no personal information was taken from students or…

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U.S. Navy to Appoint Cyber Chief Following a Blistering Audit

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dissent

Gordon Lubold and Dustin Volz report: The Navy is hiring a new cyber chief in an attempt to better shield its military secrets from Chinese hackers and other nation-state thieves who have aggressively targeted naval operations in recent years, according to Navy officials. The new position is part of a broader effort to improve cybersecurity…

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Three months later, Georgia State Patrol still trying to recover from ransomware attack

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dissent

Joshua Sharpe reports that three months after a ransomware attack on July 26, the Georgia Department of Public Safety is still trying to recover from the attack and regain access to its records. GSP, which has 360,000 cases involving tickets or arrests each year, can’t access its computer system or the digital records it holds….

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[CORRECTED] Peoples Injury Network Northwest notifies patients of ransomware incident

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Dissent

Like so many other ransomware incidents we’ve read about in the past year, investigators were not able to conclusively determine that patient data had not been accessed or exfiltrated. As a result, the Peoples Injury Network Northwest (PINN) of Washington recently notified 12,502 Washington residents that their data was potentially at risk from an April…

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