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AZ: Camp Verde Unified School District hit with ransomware attack as school year starts

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dissent

Jon Hecht reports: Camp Verde Unified School District had its first day on Monday, Aug. 5. In addition to the usual stress and confusion that can come with new students and a new school year, the district was plagued with a much more serious difficulty — their computer systems had been hacked. On Friday, July…

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18,000 Valley View 365U students affected by Pearson breach

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Dissent

Add 18,000 Valley View District 365U students to those affected by the Pearson data breach. Read more on The Herald-News. The following notice is posted on the district’s web site: Notice to VVSD Community Regarding Pearson Clinical Assessment Data Breach VVSD Discontinued Use of Pearson Product in 2016 Valley View Public School District was recently…

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Capital One hacker took data from more than 30 companies, new court docs reveal

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Paige A. Thompson, the hacker accused of breaching US bank Capital One, is also believed to have stolen data from more than 30 other companies, US prosecutors said in new court documents filed today and obtained by ZDNet. “The government’s investigation over the last two weeks has revealed that Thompson’s theft of…

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WA: Aberdeen hospital’s computers struck by ransomware hack attack

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Dissent

KOMO in Washington reports on a ransomware incident originally discovered in June, and first mentioned in the media on July 24. A ransomware attack by hackers has scrambled data on computer systems at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, including patient health information, officials said Wednesday. The attack, which is designed to block the hospital’s…

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FBI: Nashville company Asurion paid $300K ransom after private data was stolen; former employee named as suspect

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Dissent

Brian Kelman reports: A Nashville corporation paid at least $300,000 in ransom to a extortionist who claimed he stole private info of thousands of employees and more than a million customers, according to new court records from an ongoing FBI investigation. Asurion, a global phone insurance and tech support company headquartered in the city, confirmed the breach but said it believes the suspect…

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Ugh. Amazon buckets with 1.8 million pharmacy-related files and 1.2 million telemarketing recordings about diabetic supplies found unsecured

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Dissent

Copies of fax cover letters from three pharmacies found exposed in an unsecured Amazon s3 bucket Faxes reveal patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth and their medications and doctors’ names Audio recordings in the second unsecured bucket reveals marketers claiming to represent firms that do not appear to exist as they try to get consumers…

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