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Kansas website exposed state employees’ personal information: report

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Dissent

It was only a few days ago that there were reports that Florida had exposed the last 4 digits of almost 1,000 Kansas residents’ Social Security Numbers. Not to be outdone, Kansas posted its own citizens SSN, too, it seems. As Brett Samuels reports: The Kansas Secretary of State’s office on Thursday posted the personal…

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Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities Notifies 5,228 Residents of Data Security Incident

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Dissent

ROCKVILLE, MD – January 19, 2018 – Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Inc. (“Ingleside”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the protected health information of our residents. Although at this time there is no evidence of any attempted or actual misuse of anyone’s information as a result…

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Ca: Metrolinx claims computers hit by North Korean cyberattack

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dissent

CBC News reports: An Ontario transit agency says it was in the crosshairs of a North Korean cyberattack earlier this month. The attack was a virus, routed through Russia, that infected computers at Metrolinx, according to a source at the agency who spoke on condition of anonymity. Spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins confirmed to CBC Toronto that the attack took…

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Virginia General Assembly to Tackle a Variety of Privacy Related Bills

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dissent

Christopher R. Nolen of McGuireWoods LLP writes: The Virginia General Assembly is underway and several privacy related bills are on the legislative agenda for 2018. The Virginia legislature will consider approximately 3,000 bills during its 60-day session that will end in early March. Here are several from Nolen’s list: In an attempt to further address…

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ICE Releases Personal Information Of Immigrant-Crime Hotline Users

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dissent

Because victims didn’t have enough tsuris already?  This one appears to be an error made in responding to a FOIA request that resulted in personal information being revealed online. There was no text with the story – just the video news broadcast.  

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Greenbay employees have bank accounts raided after unpatched server hacked

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Dissent

Fox11 reports a hacking incident in GreenBay, but won’t name the company: Police are investigating after a local business’s computer network was hacked and money and information were stolen. Police did not identify the business. Officers say the hackers used a known vulnerability to get into the company’s computer system. The hackers stole personal information…

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