Rich Kirby reports: Nuvance Health, which operates the Western Connecticut Health Network, is warning patients that some of their medical records may have been compromised. On Monday, Nuvance released a statement that read in part: “On June 21, 2019, WCHN learned that a box containing medical records that it had sent via the United States…
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Police recover chunk of Spotsylvania County money stolen in phishing scam
On Thursday, Scott Shenk reported some good news after a phishing attack in July stole more than $600,000 from Spotsylvania County: On Thursday afternoon, [Virginia] State Police Sgt. Brent Coffey said in a news release that they worked with local police as well as “state law enforcement in other states in order to track down…
Cable One email data breach could affect employees, family members
Phoenix Business Journal reports: Cable One Inc. said Friday that a data breach earlier this year could have affected the personal information of some current and former employees, but also could have reached some of those employees’ family members. Read more on Phoenix Business Journal. Cable One’s press release appears below: PHOENIX, Aug. 16, 2019…
NU faces ‘very real’ cyber threat: 9.94 million attacks blocked daily
This article by Rick Ruggles about the University of Nebraska’s security challenges may give some readers a better understanding of what happens on a daily basis. Here are some snippets: … the number of attacks on systems is shocking. He said NU’s information security efforts block 9.94 million attacks daily. Many of those are automatically…
New Notification Requirements in New York for Healthcare Providers Facing a Cybersecurity Incident
Frank J. Fanshawe, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: On August 12, Mahesh Nattanmai, New York’s Chief Health Information Officer, issued a notice letter (“the notice”) on behalf of the New York State Department of Health (“Department”) requiring healthcare providers to use a new notification protocol for informing the…
CA: Malware attack targets San Dieguito Union High School District
Matt Boone reports: A North County school district said it was hacked last week, forcing them to shut down parts of their network during registration week. The San Dieguito Union High School District sent out an email to parents on Thursday alerting them to “an attempted malware attack” on August 9. Read more on 10News….