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Bitcoin Exchange Admin Charged for Lying About Hack

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: US authorities have arrested a Texas man who founded two Bitcoin-related platforms that got hacked. Officials charged the on accusations of lying to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) officials in the subsequent investigation. The accused is Jon “Ukyo” Montroll, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, and founder of WeExchange a Bitcoin wallet and exchange…

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Chase ‘Glitch’ Exposed Customer Accounts

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Multiple Chase.com customers have reported logging in to their bank accounts, only to be presented with another customer’s bank account details. Chase has acknowledged the incident, saying it was caused by an internal “glitch” Wednesday evening that did not involve any kind of hacking attempt or cyber attack. Trish Wexler, director of…

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UVA Health System Notifies 1,882 Patients About HIPAA Breach

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Dissent

WVIR reports: The University of Virginia Health System is notifying patients of a cyber attack that affected the hospital. The hacker was able to get access to private medical records for 19 months. The FBI discovered that a physician’s devices with the Health System were infected with malware, which allowed the hacker to see what…

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PA: Purchase Line SD officials discuss cybersecurity after incident

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Dissent

Patrick Cloonan reports: Officials in the Purchase Line School District are looking to avoid a repeat of a recent case of theft by deception that targeted the district’s emails and approximately 100 of its vendors. […] Their move is the latest in a series of steps taken since Jan. 31 when, as described by Superintendent…

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Can Your Business be Liable for an Employee’s Intentional Data Leak?

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Dissent

Revision Legal has a post about insider leaks. The article starts by discussing the Morrisons case in the UK, where an employee vindictively leaked data. In a ruling that surprised many, the court held that although Morrisons was a victim of their employee, other employees who sued Morrisons could hold Morrisons liable: This creates, in…

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Social Security numbers from thousands of California state workers exposed in data breach

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Dissent

Adam Ashton reports: Social Security numbers for thousands of state employees and contractors were exposed in a recent data breach at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, according to a memo that the department sent to its workers this week. The department discovered the data breach on Dec. 22, but did not disclose the breach…

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