Nicole Higgins DeSmet reports: A cyber thief infiltrated a Vermont supervisory union’s computer network and made a $50,000 transfer out of a school bank account, but safe guards on the account alerted staff members to take action. “A more sophisticated thief or hacker could have spent the time to turn off alerts, make all bank…
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center- Cole notifies patients of personal data breach
The Wellsville Daily reports: UPMC Cole has notified 790 patients treated at UPMC Cole that their personal information may have been inappropriately accessed. […] As a result of UPMC Cole’s internal investigation, it was determined that there were two phishing attacks (e-mails sent from an external source that look like they are from a trusted…
NJ: C-TEC: Student information may be impacted by data breach
Bethany Bruner reports: Students at the Career and Technology Education Center of Licking County may have had their personal information, including names and social security numbers, exposed to a hacker earlier this year. Brian Wilfong, Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator for C-TEC, said the school first learned of a possible data breach on April 19….
Tennessee hospice notifying patients whose information was accessed after employees fell for phishing attacks
Alive Hospice in Tennessee is notifying patients whose personal and protected health information were in employee emails that were accessed by an unknown person or persons beginning on December 20, 2017 and again on April 5, 2018 after two employees fell prey to phishing attacks. The attacks were discovered on May 15, 2018. Here is…
Billings Clinic employee’s email hacked during overseas travel; breach affects 8,400 people
James Woodcock reports: Billings Clinic reported a data breach Friday that affected 8,400 people. The hospital’s security systems identified unusual activity with an employee’s email account on May 14, according to a release from the organization. The account was hacked while the employee was traveling overseas. Read more on Independent Record.
Mueller indicts 12 Russians for hacking into DNC
Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn, and Cory Bennett report: Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian military officers on Friday, and accused them of hacking into the Democratic National Committee to sabotage the 2016 presidential election. The indictments, announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, come just days before a scheduled Monday summit in Helsinki between…