CalOptima, the Orange County organized health system that administers health insurance programs for low-income children, adults, seniors and people with disabilities, posted the following on their web site: Notice of Data Breach At CalOptima, our mission is to provide members with access to quality health care services delivered in a cost-effective and compassionate manner. Protecting our members’…
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New York State Proposes Cybersecurity Regulation for Financial Services Institutions
Micaela McMurrough, Ashden Fein and Catlin Meade write: On September 13, 2016, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a proposed regulation that would require financial service institutions to develop and implement cybersecurity programs to prevent and mitigate cyber-attacks. The proposed regulation will be subject to a 45-day comment period once it is published in the New York State…
China hackers swipe millions in data breach
Jon Marino reports: A big Wall Street technology firm is being sued after allegedly falling for a run-of-the-mill email scam and wiring client funds to hackers. SS&C Technologies, a $6 billion market capitalization company that bills itself as “the most comprehensive powerhouse of software technology in the financial services industry,” was duped by China-based hackers…
Lauri Love to be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, court rules (Update1)
I will have more on this case and ruling, but wanted to get the breaking news out. Jennifer Baker reports: Briton Lauri Love will be extradited to the US to face charges of hacking, Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled on Friday. Love faces up to 99 years in prison in the US on charges of hacking as part…
PA: Arrest in student hacking case
There’s an update to a case involving a student in the Hazleton Area School District, Pennsylvania who allegedly attempted to hack the district. WBRE reports that there has now been an arrest in the case, but from what I’m reading, the person arrested has not been charged with hacking, even though the headline says the hacker was…
WA: Hacker tries to ransom housing authority data
A hacker gained access to Bremerton Housing Authority’s website this week and threatened to release client information unless the agency paid a $4,000 ransom. The housing authority won’t negotiate with the cyber terrorist, Executive Director Kurt Wiest said. According to Wiest, the only information compromised in the attack was a database of about 1,100 client…