Smart home products manufacturer D-Link Systems, Inc., has agreed to implement a comprehensive software security program in order to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations over misrepresentations that the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure its wireless routers and Internet-connected cameras. The settlement ends FTC litigation against D-Link stemming from a 2017 complaint in…
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Key Biscayne recovering from cyberattack after hackers hit a third city in Florida
Rob Wile reports: The village of Key Biscayne confirmed Thursday it had been hit by a cyberattack — the third Florida city this month to fall victim to outside hackers. Village Manager Andrea Agha said a “data security event” occurred Sunday, June 23. She said that some permitting operations were handled manually while some systems…
Georgia court agency hacked in ransom attack
Mark Niesse reports: Hackers have infected computers at a Georgia courts agency, demanding a ransom payment and causing officials to shut down court websites. The Administrative Office of the Courts was offline Monday as the state government tried to contain the hack. The agency maintains court documents, provides computer applications to some local courts and…
UPDATE: Lake City fires employee after paying ransom in malware attack
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,…
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…