We anticipated a lot of lawsuits would be filed under California’s new law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as it imposes a data security duty on organizations. But will any of the complaints filed withstand early motions to dismiss? The CCPA requires complainants to give the organization 30 days to “cure” a violation and…
FL: Cano Health Advises Patients Of Breach That Began Two Years Ago
Seen on their website: MIAMI, June 12, 2020 Cano Health, LLC, a leading population health management company and operator of primary care medical centers in Florida, is advising its patients of a privacy event that may have compromised certain personal information. The company recently learned on April 13, 2020 that three employee email accounts were accessed by…
Ransomware victims keep paying, and ransomware groups keep growing
Graham Cluley writes: The City of Florence in northern Alabama has agreed to pay a ransom of US $300,000 worth of Bitcoin to hackers who compromised its computer systems and deployed ransomware. At an emergency meeting this week, the Florence City Council unanimously voted to give in to the extortionists’ demands and pay the cybercriminals…
Electronic Waveform Lab reports ransomware incident
Seen on Stockhouse: HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., June 12, /PRNewswire/ — Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. announced today it is notifying individuals of a ransomware incident that affected some of its servers that contained certain patient information. On April 11, 2020, Electronic Waveform Lab became aware of the ransomware incident affecting its computer servers. Upon learning of the incident,…
More than just health concern at coronavirus test sites: Are you exposing your personal information to security risks?
I fear that numbers on privacy breaches and data breaches stemming from COVID19 or involving COVID19 data are going to be staggering this year. Karina Elwood and Cindy Krischer Goodman report: When Elizabeth Spinelli arrived at Fort Lauderdale’s Holiday Park for a coronavirus test, a nurse handed her a form to write her name, address,…
Law-enforcement investigating possible leak of data of Armenia’s coronavirus patients
Siranush Ghazanchyan of Public Radio of Armenia reports that Armenian law enforcement is investigating reports on leaked data of coronavirus patients and their contacts. Information security and media expert Samvel Martirosyan said earlier that Azerbaijani hackers had published data of about 3,500 Armenian citizens (people infected with Covid-19 and their contacts). Like many countries, Armenia…