Allison Ross reports: North Oldham High School is alerting 2,800 current and former students that a data breach earlier this month could have exposed their names, social security numbers and other personal information. On Sept. 10, an outside scammer breached a computer after a nutrition services staff member at the school “ended up at a website…
MI: Mental health patients’ insurance information in stolen courier’s car
Shandra Martinez reports: A Wyoming medical billing firm is trying to contact patients of one its clients that a vehicle theft could result in a data breach of customer information. Insurance Data Services, at 1161 58th St. in Wyoming, says a West Michigan Delivery Service courier car delivering mailings for a client was stolen Sept….
DoD Issues Guidance on Privacy Breach Notices
From the Federal Manager’s Daily Report: The Pentagon has issued guidance to DoD components on considerations for making public announcements regarding breaches of private information, an issue that has been much in the mind of the federal workforce in recent months following disclosure of two major cyber hacks of personally identifiable information, or PII, held…
DEFENSE CYBERSECURITY: Opportunities Exist for DOD to Share Cybersecurity Resources with Small Businesses – GAO Report
This is what I’ve been saying for ages – the government can and should do more to educate and share information with small businesses. From a new GAO report: The Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) has explored some options, such as online training videos, to integrate cybersecurity into its existing efforts; however,…
‘Self-deleting’ Mexican ATM malware let sneaky miscreants slurp ca
John Leyden reports: Security researchers have lifted the lid on a new ATM malware strain, dubbed GreenDispenser, which gives crooks the ability to walk up to a compromised machine and drain its cash. When installed, GreenDispenser displays an “out of service” message on the ATM – but attackers who enter the correct pin codes can…
Premera sued – and sued – and sued – over security breaches
Coral Garnick reports that there have been 38 lawsuits filed and continuing investigations into the Premera breach. Mountlake Terrace-based Premera maintains that it does not “have any evidence that there was any criminal activity on anyone’s account as a result of the cyberattack,” company spokeswoman Melanie Coon said in an email statement. However, the company faces…