Dallas, Texas, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ATC Transportation is providing notice of a data security incident it recently identified and addressed that may have involved personal information of some current and former employees and applicants. This notice explains the incident, the measures ATC has taken in response, and the steps individuals whose information…
Reported ransomware attack leads to weeks of Aprima EHR outages
This is the kind of news story that people may miss because it was published on a Friday afternoon. But it is one that shouldn’t be missed…. Kat Jercich reports: A reported ransomware attack on the CompuGroup Medical data center partner, MedNetwoRX, has impeded some customers’ access to their Aprima electronic health record systems…
One of country’s largest pipelines shuts down to contain cybersecurity breach
Update: The Washington Post, who broke the story, updated their coverage to indicate that the threat actors are DarkSide. DataBreaches.net, who had recently interviewed DarkSide, reached out to ask them for a comment about the Colonial Pipeline report. They politely responded “Hello, no comments,” but then immediately sent another reply explaining, “At the time of…
Three Affiliated Tribes Hit by Ransomware Attack, Holding Tribal Information Hostage
Darren Thompson reports that on April 28, the Three Affiliated Tribes—the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation—announced to its staff and employees that its server was hacked and believe it was by malicious software called ransomware. Since the server was hacked, the tribe has been unable to access files, email and critical information. Finding out how…
OCR Investigator: Goal Is to Uncover ‘Root Cause,’ Remedy Harm From Violations
If you haven’t read it already, do read Theresa Defino’s excellent report from HCCA Compliance’s Report on Patient Privacy on JDSupra. It may be one of the most interesting — and most frustrating — reports I’ve read about OCR investigations. Why did I find it frustrating, you might wonder? Because of the lack of any…
In Capital One Data Breach Litigation Federal Judge Grants Capital One’s Motion To Certify Question to Virginia Supreme Court
Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs writes: CPW [Consumer Privacy World] has been tracking since last year the Capital One data breach multidistrict litigation (remember that privilege ruling?). Well, today the federal judge overseeing the litigation granted Capital One’s motion to certify to the Virginia Supreme Court a question of whether there exists under Virginia…