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Oklahoma pension fund reports $4.2 million cyber theft

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dissent

AP reports: The FBI is investigating after computer hackers managed to steal about $4.2 million in funds from a pension system for retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and other state law enforcement officers, state officials said Friday. A notice posted on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System website said the agency notified the FBI and…

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Unalaska recovers $2.3M after phishing email scam

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dissent

Hope McKenney reports: More than $2.3 million dollars has been returned to the City of Unalaska, after a nearly two-month federal investigation into a fraudulent financial request. Between May 15 and July 9, the city paid out $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam. The sender of the…

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Alive Hospice’s breach notification required a second breach notification

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dissent

It occasionally happens that a breach or incident response creates a second incident of its own.  That seems to be the case with Alive Hospice, as this newest press release suggests, but does this require second notification to HHS/OCR? My first impression is that it would, but I’m interested to hear what HIPAA lawyers might…

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No municipality paid ransoms in ‘coordinated ransomware attack’ that hit Texas

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: A coordinated ransomware attack hit 22 Texas local governments, but none of the impacted municipalities paid ransom demands, Texas state officials said this week. Three weeks after the incident took place, the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) said that more than half of the impacted entities are now back to operations…

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Meridian Community College discloses a breach that was discovered in January

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Dissent

A breach notification by Meridian Community College demonstrates once again, why entities should make determined efforts not to leave emails in employee accounts that may have personally identifiable information in attachments or the emails themselves. In this case, the types of personal information included name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, date of…

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MN: Metro Mobility notifies 15,000 customers of data breach that may have exposed personal information

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Dissent

Chris Serres reports: A data breach at Metro Mobility, the Twin Cities transit service for people with disabilities, may have exposed the personal information of up to 15,000 individuals who use it. Metro Mobility has notified customers that an employee’s e-mail account was hacked by an unauthorized person, compromising personal ride information between June 13…

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