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Illinois, Arizona election officials report voter registration database intrusions

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Rick Pearson reports: Ilinois State Board of Elections officials said Monday they believe personal information from fewer than 200,000 voters was hacked through a cyber attack of possible foreign origin that began in June and was halted a month later. Ken Menzel, general counsel for the elections board, said no files of registered voters were…

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Appalachian Regional Hospitals on emergency operations plan; computers shut down after malware injection

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Daniel Tyson reports: Appalachian Regional Hospitals in Beckley and Summers County computer systems were breached Saturday afternoon, but company officials were tight-lipped as to the extent or what information was seized by the hackers. The hospitals’ parent company, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, issued a two-paragraph statement that their hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are on…

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Lewis-Palmer School District tries to downplay vulnerability and chill a concerned parent’s speech

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dissent

Back in May and then again in July, I noted several articles about Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in Colorado. A parent had raised concerns about whether the Infinite Campus platform might have compromised more than 2,000 students’ personal and academic information. The parent also alleged that the district had known about the problem since September…

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FBI raids home of ex-College Board official in probe of SAT leak

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Dissent

Renee Dudley and John Shiffman report: Federal agents searched the home of a former employee-turned-outspoken critic of the College Board, the standardized testing giant, as part of an investigation into the breach of hundreds of questions from the SAT college entrance exam. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized computers and other material on Friday from…

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Prosthetic & Orthotic Care patient info remains publicly exposed

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Dissent

First, a quick update on the Athens Orthopedic Clinic breach: It took two requests, but I’m pleased to report that Pastebin removed three pastes with over 1,350 patients’ information. Those pastes were separate from an earlier paste with an additional 500 patients’ information. News outlets that continue to report that 500 patients’ information was exposed and put up for sale are, to…

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Director at Citizens in Ohio Resigns Over Email Server Dispute

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Dissent

Joseph Kellard reports: A director at Citizens Independent Bancorp in Logan, Ohio, resigned after members of management chastised him for an email security breach. The $181 million-asset company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Michael Shawd resigned Aug. 18 as one of nine directors of the company and Citizens Bank of…

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