I wonder if HHS will need to take on more staff to deal with all the HIPAA breaches being disclosed this year. In July alone, this blogger logged approximately 65 reports on my worksheet, although a number of them were all reporting on a few business associate breaches. In any event, there are a lot…
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AZ: Camp Verde Unified School District hit with ransomware attack as school year starts
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…
18,000 Valley View 365U students affected by Pearson breach
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…
Capital One hacker took data from more than 30 companies, new court docs reveal
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…
WA: Aberdeen hospital’s computers struck by ransomware hack attack
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…
FBI: Nashville company Asurion paid $300K ransom after private data was stolen; former employee named as suspect
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…