Ashden Fein, Trisha Anderson, Libbie Canter and Caleb Skeath of Covington & Burling write: In response to the drastic increase of U.S. employees working remotely, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) have both issued guidance for employers and employees on best practices for teleworking securely. …
FBI sees rise in fraud schemes related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
A public service announcement issued by the FBI on Friday: Scammers are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, your personal information, or both. Don’t let them. Protect yourself and do your research before clicking on links purporting to provide information on the virus; donating to a charity online or through social media; contributing…
Security Breach Disrupts Fintech Firm Finastra
Brian Krebs reports: Finastra, a company that provides a range of technology solutions to banks worldwide, said today it was shutting down key systems in response to a security breach discovered this morning. The company’s public statement and notice to customers does not mention the cause of the outage, but their response so far is…
Oregon DHS notifies public of data breach
KTVZ reports: The Oregon Department of Human Services announced Friday that it uncovered a “phishing” incident on March 6 that affected one staff member’s e-mail. […] The security and confidentiality of private health information is critical to the Department of Human Services. While the department cannot confirm that any clients’ personal information was acquired from…
Golden Valley Health Centers notifies patients after employee email account comprised
From their press release earlier today: Golden Valley Health Centers has become aware of a data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of patients’ health information. Although at this time, there is no evidence that patient information was actually accessed or viewed, or any indication of anyone’s information being misused, Golden…
Town of Houlton Police discloses malware attack — again.
On March 17, the Town of Houlton, Maine disclosed that they had experienced a malware attack. According to their disclosure, on October 16, 2019, they discovered that part of their network had been locked up by a virus that prevented access to files. The department was able to quickly restore from backup, and claim that…