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Health IT companies impacted by browser extension data leak: report

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Dissent

Heather Landi reports: Browser extensions, also known as add-ons or plug-ins, are commonly used by desktop Web surfers to do things ranging from blocking ads to remembering passwords to checking grammar. According to an independent security researcher, some extensions have been leaking and exposing browsing activity data, including patient names and health information from healthcare…

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Yahoo’s $117 Million Data Breach Settlement Moves Forward

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Dissent

Wendy Davis reports: Yahoo’s $117.5 million settlement of massive data breaches occurring between 2012 and 2016 has been granted preliminary approval by a federal judge. The deal’s terms don’t “improperly grant preferential treatment to any individual or segment of the settlement class and fall within the range of possible approval as fair, reasonable, and adequate,”…

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TN: Data breach of vendor puts personal info of TN high school students at risk

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Dissent

Carley Gordon reports: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is currently investigating a possible data breach of a 3rd party vendor, that potentially has exposed personal information of thousands of public school students across Tennessee. The Commission is a state organization focused on assisting high school seniors in every element of accessing higher education. The Tennessee Higher…

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All clear? Server exposure from Illinois vendor with access to driver’s license data raises questions

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Dissent

Tina Sfondeles reports: A computer server of a vendor with city and state contracts to sell Illinois license plate stickers and Chicago vehicle stickers at currency exchanges was exposed to the Internet in May — although city and state officials insist there was no security breach. But that’s not enough for one Cook County watchdog,…

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Eight Many more covered entities reveal they were impacted by AMCA breach

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dissent

In the past few days, eight even more entities have revealed that their patients were impacted by the American Medical Collection Agency (Retrieval Masters) data breach that results in AMCA filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. You can find the names of the newest entities and the numbers affected in this post. Prior to this…

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GA: Henry County networks still offline five days after malware attack

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dissent

Leon Stafford reports: Henry County’s computer system remained down early Monday, five days after malware is suspected to have been planted in the south metro community’s network. Websites for various departments such as state court, tax assessor and board of commissioners continued Monday to be inaccessible. Public safety such as police and fire were not…

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