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St. Louis Community College investigating possible student data breach

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Dissent

KMOV reports: St. Louis Community College said it is investigating a possible breach of student information. The school says an email attachment containing personally identifiable information for 362 students was sent to a small number of other students. The attachment has names, email, ID numbers and home addresses of the 362 students. The school says…

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Lawmaker looks to boost FTC power in data breach enforcement

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Dissent

Chase Gunter reports: Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is looking to toughen standards on private sector data breaches. His new bill was released the same day that Equifax announced that an additional 2.4 million Americans had their information stolen from the company, on top of the 145 million it had previously disclosed. Lieu wants to expand…

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Former University of North Georgia employee accessed protected student data in Banner

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Dissent

Viktoria Capek-Grey reports: On Monday, Feb. 26, the University of North Georgia’s Office of University Relations emailed all students regarding improper access of Banner information in January. The email cautioned students that a former student employee inappropriately accessed information protected by FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), though it said there is no evidence…

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Equifax discovers another 2.4 million customers hit by data breach

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Dissent

Reuters reports: Equifax Inc (EFX.N), a provider of consumer credit scores, on Thursday said it found another 2.4 million U.S. consumers hit by a data breach last year, bringing the total to 147.9 million. The company said the latest batch of consumers affected had their names and driver’s license information stolen, but noted less information…

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Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Discloses Email Gaffe

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Dissent

From the hospital’s site: Memorial Hospital Reports Inadvertent Disclosure Posted Date: February 28, 2018 GULFPORT, Miss. —Memorial Hospital at Gulfport has notified approximately 1,500 patients of an inadvertent disclosure of information, including patient names and internal (Memorial) encounter numbers, that was discovered during a routine internal audit. No financial information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, symptoms,…

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Jemison Internal Medicine discloses ransomware event

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Dissent

From their notification of February 16, 2018 to 6,550 patients, a reminder of the value of good backups. But yet another incident where investigation of a new incident uncovers evidence of a previously undetected intrusion: Privacy Event at Jemison Internal Medicine, PC Jemison Internal Medicine, PC (“JIM”) of Jemison, Alabama has advised its patients of…

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