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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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Ditch Google+ now.

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Dissent

David Thacker of G Suite writes that Google is abandoning Google+ even sooner than it had originally planned. A recent bug affecting more than 50 million users seemed to be the death knell for the product. In October, we announced that we’d be sunsetting the consumer version of Google+ and its APIs because of the significant challenges…

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Report: 30 Percent of Healthcare Databases Exposed Online

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Dissent

Heather Landi reports: Hackers are using the Dark Web to buy and sell personally identifiable information (PII) stolen from healthcare organizations, and exposed databases are a vulnerable attack surface for healthcare organizations, according to a new cybersecurity research report. A research report from IntSights, “Chronic [Cyber] Pain: Exposed & Misconfigured Databases in the Healthcare Industry,”…

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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco notifies 47,000 patients after third-party bill payment vendor was hacked.

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Dissent

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco, a joint venture managed by United Surgical Partners International (USPI), announced today it has sent letters to approximately 47,000 patients or guarantors whose payment information, including partial credit card information, may have been subject to an inappropriate computer intrusion. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco…

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University of Maryland Medical System investigating malware attack

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Dissent

Sarah Meehan reports: The University of Maryland Medical System is investigating a malware attack on its computer system that occurred early Sunday, according to the hospital network. A ransomware-style attack affected about 250 of the hospital system’s 27,000 devices, said Jon Burns, the hospital system’s senior vice president and chief information officer. Because the group’s…

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