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Department of Human Services Alerts HHS and Pennsylvanians of Compass System Error

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Dissent

If you are like me, you might not realize from their original headline, “Department of Human Services Alerts Pennsylvanians of Compass System Error” that they’re talking about a breach involving PHI.  I just figured North was pointing South for a while or something like that….  Anyway, here is the notice that explains their recent report…

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BitPaymer Ransomware Infection Forces Alaskan Town to Use Typewriters for a Week

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: On Monday, officials from Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su), a borough part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area, said they are still recovering from a ransomware infection that took place last week, on July 24. The ransomware infection crippled the Borough’s government networks and has led to the IT staff shutting down a large swath…

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Yale University notifying 119,000 that hackers stole their Social Security numbers and details in 2008-2009

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dissent

Between April, 2008, and January, 2009, hackers accessed and exfiltrated data on 119,000 individual affiliated with the university.  The hacked data included the individuals’ names, Social Security numbers, date of birth (in most cases), and e-mail addresses and physical addresses in some cases. Not knowing about the hack at the time, Yale did nothing.  And…

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Public Safety Hack of D.C. police cameras was part of ransomware scheme, prosecutors say

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dissent

Peter Hermann reports: When hackers took over two-thirds of D.C. police’s surveillance cameras days before the 2017 presidential inauguration, it appeared that the cyberattack was limited to elicit a single ransom payment. But court documents show that the alleged scheme that January was far more ambitious. Federal authorities say two Romanians accused in the hacking…

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UnityPoint warns 1.4 million patients their information might have been breached by email hackers

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dissent

The DesMoines Register reports: One of Iowa’s main hospital and clinic systems has notified about 1.4 million patients that their personal information might have been breached. UnityPoint Health officials said hackers used “phishing” techniques to break into the company’s email system. The company, based in West Des Moines, said the hackers could have obtained medical…

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Court Rules Drivers Lack Standing to Pursue Claims Against Uber Because Data Breach Did Not Include Drivers’ Social Security Numbers

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dissent

Tony Tootell and Patrick J. McMahon of Foley Lardner write: California companies housing their drivers’ personal information may feel less exposed to liability in light of the Northern District of California’s holding in Antman v. Uber Technologies, Inc. in May.[1] The trial court in Antman found that Uber was not liable to its drivers after hackers illicitly accessed their personal…

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