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Equifax Reaches $1.4 Billion Data Breach Settlement in Consumer Class Action; Also Agrees to Pay $575 Million as Part of Settlement with FTC, CFPB, and States Related to 2017 Data Breach

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dissent

R. Robin McDonald reports: Equifax has agreed to pay at least $1.4 billion to settle multidistrict litigation brought on behalf of 147 million consumers, and pay millions more to resolve civil complaints brought by the federal government and multiple state attorneys general over its massive 2017 data breach. Monday’s notice of the proposed settlement, detailed in…

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PA: Ransomware Attack Hits Local Libraries

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Dissent

Henry Ibinson reports: The Butler County Federated Library System continues to work on their online system following a ransomware attack that occurred last week. According to the Butler Area Public Library’s Facebook page, several of the county’s libraries began to experience technical difficulties last Wednesday (July 17th). Read more on Butler Radio.

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South Texas Dermatopathology and Laboratory of Dermatopathology ADX Notify Their Patients of AMCA Breach (Update4)

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Dissent

Update 1: And now add Seacoast Pathology, (9,300 affected) to the 20,000 described in the original post below, and the approximately 21 million disclosed last month. Update 2 (July 21): And now add American Esoteric Laboratories (541,900), CBLPath, Inc. (148,900), and Natera (unspecified number) to the list and tally. Update 3 (July 22): And now…

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Equifax to Pay Around $700 Million to Resolve Data-Breach Probes

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Dissent

AnnaMaria Andriotis reports: Equifax is nearing a deal to settle a slew of state and federal investigations into a 2017 data breach that exposed nearly 150 million Americans’ Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information. Under the agreement, the credit-reporting firm would pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission, the…

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Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Dissent

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of national defense information. According to his plea agreement, from December 1993 through Aug. 27, 2016, Martin was employed by at least…

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Hackers breach 62 US colleges by exploiting ERP vulnerability

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have breached the systems of 62 colleges and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) web app, the US Department of Education said in a security alert sent out this week. The vulnerability is in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner ERP that…

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