The district’s Facebook notice on November 7: Dear Pulaski County Public Schools Community: Pulaski County Public Schools has unfortunately become the victim of a cybercriminal attack. On Sunday, we discovered irregularities in our systems. PCPS immediately retained outside experts to launch a forensic investigation and help secure our servers. We now know that this is…
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Personal information breached in data security incident, Butler County says
Sierra Rehm reports: Butler Couty is notifying the public of a data security incident where someone gained access to personally identifiable information. The county said federal authorities alerted them to suspicious activity on its computer network at the start of October. By the end of October, it determined there was unauthorized access to personally identifiable…
Optum medical group in New York reports service disruption
Laura Dyrda Crystal Run Healthcare in Middletown, N.Y., told patients to expect longer wait times than usual amid a system interruption affecting some services, according to the medical group’s website. Mid Hudson News reported Nov. 3 that Crystal Run experienced a service disruption. “We are working diligently to resolve these issues,” the medical group wrote on its…
Attorney General James Secures $450,000 from US Radiology Specialists for failing to protect patient data
The following press release from the NYS Attorney General’s Office relates to an incident previously noted on DataBreaches.net. The Assurance of Discontinuance provides details on the breach not previously known to this site and serves as a reminder of the need to timely update and patch. NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James…
Hopewell Area School District is yet another victim in the education sector
Marco A. De Felice, aka “Amvinfe,” reports: A new day, a new victim of a cyberattack in the field of education worldwide. This time, it’s the Hopewell Area School District (KG-12), a school district comprising 5 schools (Hopewell High School, Hopewell Memorial Junior High School, Margaret Ross Elementary, Independence Elementary, Hopewell Elementary) located in Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA, U.S., with…
Sumo Logic alerts customers about security incident; advises rotate Sumo Logic API access keys
Sumo Logic describes themselves as providing best-in-class cloud monitoring, log management, Cloud SIEM tools, and real-time insights for web and SaaS based apps. On November 7, they posted a notice on their website that they identify as “a possible security incident within our platform.” According to their notice, Sumo Logic discovered evidence of a potential…