Seen on the county’s website, dated April 22, 2022: Notice of Data Privacy Event Scott County, Iowa (“Scott County”) is providing notice of a data privacy event. To date, we have no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of information as a result of this incident. In an abundance of caution, we are notifying potentially…
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RIPTA says it paid hackers $170K in ransom money after massive data breach
ABC6 reports: The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority said Thursday it paid hackers $170,000 in ransom money after a massive data breach in August. The hack exposed the names, birth dates, and social security numbers of thousands of state employees, some of which didn’t even work for the agency. Read more at ABC6. The incident, which affected 22,000…
Patients increasingly suing hospitals over data breaches
Jeff Lagasse reports: Industries are increasingly being sued by consumers for data breaches, but the sector with the biggest litigation increase is healthcare, according to new findings from the law firm BakerHostetler. In fact, healthcare comprises 23% of lawsuits due to data breaches. The next highest after that is business and professional services at 17%,…
‘JekyllBot:5’ Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Hacking of Hospital Robots
Eduard Kovacs reports: Cybersecurity researchers specializing in healthcare IoT systems have discovered five serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. The TUG robots are used by hundreds of hospitals in North America, Europe and Asia to transport goods, materials and clinical supplies. Their role is to give staff…
Federal Court Dismisses Data Breach Litigation
The following news item refers to litigation related to a data leak discovered by Dutch researcher Jelle Ursem that was reported in collaboration with DataBreaches.net. Shing Tse and Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write: Recently, a federal court in Kansas joined a number of other courts in finding that allegations of future, speculative harm unadorned…
Wellstar Health System discloses data breach
Ariel Hart reports: Wellstar Health System suffered a data breach through its email system, it reported Friday afternoon. Wellstar said it learned two months ago that someone unauthorized had gained access to two email accounts. Via those accounts, patients’ health care information was exposed, including patient laboratory information, Wellstar said in a written statement. “After…