Craig A. Newman writes: It is the case that could define the scope of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s authority in data security. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard argument six months ago in LabMD, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission. As readers of this blog know, the case turns on what…
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500 Stanislaus County computers from mental health department quarantined after ransomware detected on network
Ken Carlson reports on Modesto Bee: Stanislaus County’s mental health department was the target of a ransomware attack that disabled its computers this week. About 500 computers in county Behavioral Health and Recovery Services were compromised by the cyberattack Tuesday, according to a press release issued Friday. It appears that the county will not be paying…
East Texas area school officials: Scope of computer breach still unclear
Meredith Shamburger provides an update to a previously reported incident: More than a week after several East Texas school districts were notified of a computer security breach that exposed personal information, officials say they still don’t know how many of their students have been affected. The Texas Department of Agriculture notified nine area districts that…
21st Century Oncology settlement with HHS over 2015 data breach came with a $2.3 million price tag
There’s an update or follow-up to a breach involving 21st Century Oncology that was first reported on this site in March 2016. The breach, which they first learned of in November 2015 when federal agents contacted them, was the second breach in as many years that the entity had neither prevented nor discovered under its…
Chicago Man Charged With Hacking Company’s Servers After Termination
NBC reports: A Chicago man was charged with damaging the servers of a north suburban industrial supply company after his employment was terminated in February 2016. Edward Soybel, 34, was charged with 10 counts of intentionally damaging protection computers, one count of attempting to cause damage to protected computers and one count of attempting to…
Washington Health System Greene notifies 4,145 patients after hard drive with PHI was discovered stolen
From a notification WHS-Greene posted on their web site: It is with regret that we inform you that Washington Health System Greene recently experienced a security breach when an external hard drive for the Bone Densitometry machine, that contained patient information, was determined to be missing from our Radiology department. We discovered the external hard…