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WI: Adams County clerk suspected in connection with data breach affecting more than 250,000

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Dissent

Well, I said that the more I learned about it, a breach affecting more than 250,000 Adams County residents sounded like a bad one. Its “badness” was just confirmed, it seems. WKOW reports: Adams County officials are trying to remove the county clerk from office, after she’s suspected of being connected with a data breach. According to our Madison…

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6 million Georgia voters’ records exposed: ‘Could have easily been compromised’

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Dissent

Curt Devine and Drew Griffin report: Georgia’s shotgun-toting, Trump-style Republican candidate for governor Brian Kemp has sought to assure voters that his state’s election system is secure and that any allegations to the contrary are “fake news.” But Kemp, who is also the secretary of state in charge of Georgia’s elections, is now being accused…

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Miami Springs Senior High student hacked into teachers’ computers and changed dozens of grades

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Dissent

WSVN reports: A cybersecurity breach at a South Florida school. A student hacked into teachers’ computers — but was never criminally charged. 7’s Brian Entin investigates. A new school year is about to start at Miami Springs Senior High — but a hacking incident last school year has the district tightening security. […] 7News has…

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Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk Confirms Data Breach

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Dissent

NewsChannel5 reports: The Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk confirmed a breach involving personal information. The clerk’s office said Monday that private citizens’ Social Security Numbers were “inappropriately” included on some criminal affidavits attached to public arrest warrants. Read more on NewsChannel5.

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Convicted of health care fraud, de-licensed physician just steals another doctor’s identity….

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Dissent

In June, I posted an item about how BCBS of Illinois was notifying people after a vendor informed them that law enforcement had alerted them that a vendor’s employee was not a licensed physician but an identity thief. That story did not seem to get a lot of press attention, but subsequent revelations named the physician…

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Dozens of Norfolk students’ private health information posted online by school system

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Dissent

Sara Gregory reports: School crisis plans that detail the medical issues of dozens of Norfolk students and teachers were posted online last week for anyone to access. […] Larchmont Elementary School’s plans, for instance, list a student with autism and two students with mobility issues. St. Helena Elementary School lists 27 students who have either…

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