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Another day, another ransomware attack in the health care sector

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Dissent

John Blodgett reports: An unauthorized person hacked into the computer system of a chain of health clinics in the San Gabriel Valley and installed “ransomware,” the company that operates the clinics reported Wednesday. The breach of one server occurred in October, according to a news release from the East Valley Community Health Center, which operates…

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Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates Announce Incident Involving Theft of Business Records

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Dissent

Dec. 15 – Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates announced today an incident involving the theft of old business records from an off-site storage facility, which included in the material unauthorized access to certain personal protected health information from the years 2006 and 2007.  The Lewisville Police Department ultimately recovered the boxes of stolen records.  Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates…

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Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Dissent

Jordan Robertson reports yet another worrying aspect to the newly disclosed Yahoo! breach affecting 1 billion users: government employee accounts were involved, and at least one buyer of the database specifically asked about government officials as to whether their data was in the database. Some snippets from his reporting: More than 150,000 U.S. government and military…

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Accused mastermind of $100M JPMorgan Chase customer data hack surrenders to feds at JFK

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Dissent

Stepan Kravchenko, Erik Larson, and Bob Van Voris report: An American fugitive who is accused of conspiring to organize the largest known cyber attack on Wall Street arrived back home in the U.S. from Russia, resolving months of negotiations at a moment of high tension over hacking between Moscow and Washington. Joshua Aaron pleaded not guilty…

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Yahoo Discloses 1 Billion User Accounts Were Hacked in 2013

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Dissent

From the not-really-a-surprise dept., Vindu Goel reports: Yahoo, already under a cloud from its summertime disclosure that 500 million user accounts had been hacked in 2014, disclosed Thursday that another attack a year earlier had compromised more than 1 billion Yahoo accounts. The newly disclosed attack involved more sensitive user information, including unencrypted security questions….

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$17.5 Million Settlement With Owner Of Ashleymadison.com In Joint Multi-State And FTC Agreement

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Dissent

Settlement Follows Investigation Finding That Adult Dating Website Maintained Lax Security Practices, Misled Consumers About Its Data Security, And Created Fake Female Profiles To Entice Male Users In Addition to Penalties, Settlement Requires The Website To Implement Stronger Data Security Program And Cease Deceptive Practices  NEW YORK—Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman joined twelve other states,…

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