Luzerne County’s administration has shut down some computer servers and work stations to address a cyber attack discovered last weekend, officials said. On Wednesday morning, county Administrative Services Division Head David Parsnik said the clean-up process may take several days to complete. By the afternoon, the administration sent workers an email indicating the servers may…
Major Hotel Management Company Leaks 85GB Of Security Log Data
Shane McGlaun reports: Another significant hack has happened, and this one is a hack of a hotel management company that backs some of the largest hotel chains in the world. The hotel management company in question is Pyramid Hotel Group, and it manages many Marriott locations. The company had a server that left an unsecured…
Tennessee, 15 Other States Reach $900,000 Data Breach Settlement With Medical Informatics Engineering
Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced Wednesday that a U.S. District Court judge has signed a consent judgment negotiated by 16 states’ attorneys general and Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. This case was the nation’s first-ever multistate lawsuit involving a HIPAA-related data breach. The lawsuit, led by Indiana, was filed in December of 2018 against…
People Inc. reports data security breach involving clients’ personal info
Harold McNeil reports: People Inc. said it was the target of a data security breach that involved protected health information of some of its current and former clients. People Inc. learned that two employees’ email accounts were breached and their emails contained personal information about clients, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account information,…
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. Notifies Checkers and Rally Guests About Data Security Issue
TAMPA, Fla. May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. (“Checkers”) announced today that it is notifying guests about a data security issue involving malware at certain Checkers and Rally’s locations. After discovering the issue, Checkers quickly engaged leading data security experts to conduct an extensive investigation and coordinated with affected restaurants and federal law…
Utah knew the company it picked to create standardized tests had a history of crashes and cyberattacks. It signed a $44 million contract with Questar anyway.
Courtney Tanner reports: In other states, the year-end tests were marked by glitches and cyberattacks and hourlong delays. One school district threw out its results because the software was so unreliable. In another, all of the students had to start over when the programming shut down and didn’t save their responses. Sensitive student data was…