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Air Force Hackers Earn Biggest Government Bug Bounty Ever

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Dissent

Kate Conger reports: A pair of hackers discovered a vulnerability in Air Force software that allowed them to gain access to the Department of Defense’s unclassified network—a find that earned them more than $10,000, the largest payout ever in a government bug bounty program. Read more on Gizmodo.

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Former hotel clerk arrested for profiting from guests’ info

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Dissent

KTBS reports: A former hotel clerk was arrested for using information obtained through his job to fraudulently rent rooms and receive food deliveries, said Sheriff Steve Prator. Between April and June 2017, Delvin Darrell Raphiel, 28, used a childhood friend’s personal information to set up a hotel honors account through which he reserved rooms at…

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LabMD Appeal Has Privacy World Waiting

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Dissent

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

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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East Texas area school officials: Scope of computer breach still unclear

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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21st Century Oncology settlement with HHS over 2015 data breach came with a $2.3 million price tag

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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