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San Bernardino Community College District notifies students whose personal info was exposed in spreadsheet gaffe

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Dissent

Errors involving spread sheets continue to contribute to breaches.  Consider this description in a notification from San Bernardino Community College District – Crafton Hills College Campus. The breach occurred on October 25: What HappenedWe recently learned that a District employee inadvertently sent a spreadsheet containing certain individuals’ information to a community college distribution list. Although the…

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Federal data privacy bill introduced by 15 US senators

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Dissent

Laura Hautala reports: The US doesn’t have a single data privacy law that applies to all fifty states. On Wednesday, a group of 15 US senators indicated it wanted to change the status quo, introducing the Data Care Act. The bill (PDF) would require companies that collect personal data from users to take reasonable steps to safeguard the information….

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ME: School department officials notify current and former staff of hack

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Dissent

WABI reports on a hack impacting employee, but not student, data: Last week, former and current employees of AOS 77 in Washington County were made aware of a data breach in the school department’s central office. The superintendent tells us he sent a letter to about 2,000 people making them aware some of their personal…

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Aspire Health says stolen emails never opened, abandons hunt for hacker

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Dissent

Brett Kelman reports an update to a phishing incident in September: A large Nashville-based healthcare company that was hacked earlier this year said Tuesday an internal investigation has revealed the stolen emails were intercepted before they were ever opened by the cyberattacker. Aspire Health, which offers in-home treatment in 25 states, has also abandoned its legal hunt for the…

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MN: About 500 impacted in Ramsey County Social Services data breach

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Dissent

Bisi Onile-Ere reports: A cyber attack on the Ramsey County Social Services may have comprised hundreds of clients’ private health information. In August, hackers gained access to the accounts of 28 employees in an attempt to divert their paychecks. “At Ramsey County this is the first time that we experienced something like this,” said John…

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Data Breach at Florida Dispensary Highlights Vulnerabilities

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Dissent

Lukas Barfield reports: Last week, a Florida medical cannabis dispensary took their website offline after it was found that patient information was obtainable through the site’s basic search function. Sarasota-based AltMed is a licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC) that also goes by the name MÜV. AltMed responded quickly by taking their website offline after…

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