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Update: TIO Networks notifies consumers of breach going back to 2014 or earlier

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Dissent

TIO Networks USA was acquired by PayPal in July, 2017. Months later, they reported, services were suspended after discovery of vulnerabilities. Investigation into those vulnerabilities resulted in TIO having to report that it had been hacked by 2014 and possibly earlier. According to information provided in December, 2017, 1.6 million consumers were affected. From their…

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Follow-up: Mecklenburg Co. not fined for releasing personal information of health department patients

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Dissent

WSOC-TV reports: The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights did not fine Mecklenburg County for inadvertently providing Channel 9 with the personal medical information of thousands of health department patients in 2017. Records show Mecklenburg County self-reported the potential HIPAA violation on May 4, 2017. In March 2017, in…

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Man who targeted Georgia Tech employees through phishing scheme sentenced

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

J. D. Capelouto reports: A Nigerian man was sentenced to five years and 11 months in prison on Monday for his role in an online scam that accessed the employee bank accounts of several colleges and universities, including some at Georgia Tech, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Olayinka Olaniyi, 34, was part of a “phishing” scheme that…

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$50 million settlement in Yahoo security breach

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

Michael Liedtke reports: Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen as part of the biggest security breach in history. The restitution hinges on federal court approval of a settlement filed late Monday…

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Provides Notice of Two Email Incidents

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

A press release issued October 23. It does not indicate the number of patients affected by each of the two incidents or how the attacker(s) gained access to employee email accounts. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is providing to the parents or guardians of some of its current and former patients notice of two recent…

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TX: Statement and Frequently Asked Questions about the 2018 ERS OnLine Security Incident

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

From the Employees Retirement System of Texas, this breach information notice. Note that this was reported to HHS with ERS listed as a health plan, and the breach was reported as affecting 1,248,263 members, but also note that no medical or health information was reportedly involved. On August 17, 2018, the Employees Retirement System of…

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