WCJB reports: The city manager of Lake City, Joe Helfenberg confirmed that the director of information technology, Brian Hawkins, was fired. This decision comes after a “Triple Threat” cyber attack that disabled city servers, phones, and email that resulted in ransom. Lake City paid $460,000 in ransom for a cyber attack through the cyber cryptocurrency,…
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Defendants file motions to dismiss in case about Marshall med school sharing personal info
Kyla Asbury reports: Three motions to dismiss were filed in a case against Marshall University‘s medical school for divulging personal information that caused a student humiliation. [,,,] J.M.A. claims his personal information was entrusted to the defendants and was made accessible to unwanted third parties. In 2012, J.M.A. had x-rays done, however, later his unredacted…
Former Equifax employee sentenced for insider trading
ATLANTA, JUNE 27 – Jun Ying, the former Chief Information Officer of Equifax U.S. Information Solutions, has been sentenced to federal prison for insider trading. “Ying thought of his own financial gain before the millions of people exposed in this data breach even knew they were victims,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “He…
Massachusetts Nonprofit Shelter Targeted by Ransomware
Marc Larocque reports: The nonprofit that runs the downtown homeless shelter was a target in a ransomware attack, which is a type of computer virus that encrypts user data, demanding ransom payments in return for access. Father Bill’s and MainSpring announced on Tuesday that it was attacked by a ransomware virus on April 11. But…
OH: More than 500 Summa Health patients’ information at risk after possible data breach
Robin Goist reports: More than 500 patient medical records and other personal information are at-risk as a result of an email phishing incident that targeted Summa Health employees. The Akron-based health system announced Friday it is sending letters to patients whose information may have been accessed by an “unauthorized person” who gained control of employee…
FL: 2nd Employee Arrested In WellCare Laptop Thefts
D’Ann Lawrence White reports: A second employee has been arrested in connection with the theft of laptop computers from WellCare at 8724 Henderson Road in Town n’ Country. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested Phillip Jovan Hill, 30, after he was accused of taking part in the theft of computer equipment from the health insurance…