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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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Chicago Man Charged With Hacking Company’s Servers After Termination

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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Washington Health System Greene notifies 4,145 patients after hard drive with PHI was discovered stolen

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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ID: Jerome School District falls victim to ransomware

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dissent

Elenee Dao reports: The Jerome School District experienced some internet and phone issues early Monday morning, falling victim to ransomware. Chris Gibson, IT director of the district, said the virus happened early Monday morning around 3 a.m. and when he came into work at 6:30 a.m., he noticed the phone and internet not working. Gibson…

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