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Confluence Health discloses patient data breach after employee email account hacked

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Jefferson Robbins reports: Confidential patient information may have been released in an email breach at Confluence Health, the Wenatchee medical organization said in a Saturday press statement. The information contained in an employee’s breached email account may have included “some patient information” including name and treatment, the press release said, but no financial information was…

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How they did it (and will likely try again): GRU hackers vs. US elections

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher does a deeper dive into the indictment of 12 GRU agents for meddling with the U.S. 2016 election. Here’s just a small snippet: After digging into this latest indictment, the evidence suggests Trump may not have made a very good call on this matter [publicly expressing doubt that Russia was involved]. But his…

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Notification of data breach involving Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Office leaves residents confused

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Sam Smink reports on a case where 244 people have been notified of a data breach at the Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Office that involves their names, addresses, and Social Security numbers,, but the notification is so poorly worded that no one really understands how to interpret what they are being told. Here’s where…

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Florida high school caught hacking into opponents’ Hudl videos

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Jim Halley reports: Coaches for the football team at Braden River (Bradenton, Fla.), which finished 9-2 last season and advanced to the second round of state 7A playoffs, were caught using a college Hudl account to access opponents’ game and practice videos. As first reported by The Sarasota Herald, a Hudl investigation determined that the…

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IL: Exposed Personal Information In Traffic Records Concerns Commissioner’s Office

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dissent

Brad Edwards reports: An exclusive CBS 2 investigation revealing Cook County failed to protect the public’s personal information has prompted the Commissioner to take action. For years, the private information of anyone issued a traffic citation in the state of Illinois has been readily available to anyone who asks for it, CBS 2 reports. An…

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Idaho Inmates Hacked Prison Service for $225,000 in Credit

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Dissent

Jacey Fortin reports: Hundreds of prison inmates in Idaho found a way to add hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of credit to their personal accounts, officials discovered this month. The prisoners were not inflating their bank accounts, but rather their JPay accounts. JPay is a service that inmates can use to communicate with the…

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