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Legislation Seeks to Regulate Privacy and Security of Wearables and Genetic Testing Kits

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Dissent

Lindsey Tonsager, Anna D. Kraus and Jayne Ponder of Covington & Burling write: Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act (S. 1842), which would provide new privacy and security rules from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for technologies that collect personal health…

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Dominion National investigates and notifies after discovering unauthorized access to servers that began as early as 2010

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Dissent

ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Dominion National, an insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits, announced that it is addressing a data security incident involving some personal information that Dominion National maintains in connection with the services it provides. On April 24, 2019, through Dominion National’s investigation of an internal alert and…

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High school student charged with computer hack to change attendance records: police

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Dissent

Ron Zeitlinger reports: A 17-year-old student at Ferris High School in Jersey City has been charged with computer-related offenses after school district officials found that a number of students’ attendance records had been altered. The Jersey Journal reported last week that at least one Ferris High School student gained access to the system and reduced…

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Ex-Senate aide sentenced to 4 years in prison for data leak

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Dissent

Matthew Daly of AP reports: A former congressional staffer was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally posting online the home addresses and telephone numbers of five Republican senators who backed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. Jackson A. Cosko, a former computer systems administrator in the office of Sen. Maggie…

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IT error deletes Creighton pharmacy patient records, including prescription, insurance info

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Dissent

Julie Anderson reports: An IT error resulted in the deletion of patient records Tuesday from the Creighton University Campus Pharmacy at 2412 Cuming St. The lost data includes prescription and refill history and insurance information for all customers. A count of customers wasn’t immediately available, but the pharmacy filled 50,000 prescriptions in 2017. The incident…

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Riviera Beach agrees to $600,000 ransom payment to regain data access

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Dissent

Tony Doris reports: The Riviera Beach City Council has authorized the city’s insurer to pay nearly $600,000 worth of ransom to regain access to data walled off through an attack on the city’s computer systems. In a meeting Monday night announced only days before, the board voted 5-0 to authorize the city insurer to pay…

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