Lindsey Nolen reports: North Florida OB-GYN has notified its patients of a data breach that the health care system became aware of on July 27. A portion of the health care provider’s computer systems were affected by the cyber incident on or before April 29, according to North Florida OB-GYN. Read more on CBS 47. The notification indicates that the…
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Former Yahoo software engineer pleads guilty to using work access to hack into Yahoo users’ personal accounts
SAN JOSE – Reyes Daniel Ruiz pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to hacking into the accounts of thousands of Yahoo users in search of private and personal records, primarily sexual images and videos of the account holders, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent…
ServiceArizona Website Security Failure Forces Plan To Protect Victims Of Identity Theft
The Arizona Daily Independent News Network reports: The Arizona Department of Transportation was forced to launch an aggressive plan to address the activity of identity thieves who used ServiceArizona.com to complete fraudulent transactions involving duplicate driver licenses. The plan includes services for victims and for anyone who believes their information may have been compromised. Officials…
Tomo Drug Testing Notification of Security Incident
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Although it has no confirmation that personal information was acquired without authorization, Tomo Drug Testing (“Tomo”) in Springfield, Missouri announced today that it has taken action after becoming aware of an incident in which an unknown third party gained access to a database storing customer information. Out of an…
After two nights in jail, St. Louis lawyer ordered to pay $775,000 to her former firm for copying client files
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…
Dunkin’ Donuts says there’s ‘no basis’ for lawsuit over 2015 security incident
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…