Dragos writes: On May 8, 2023, a known cybercriminal group attempted and failed at an extortion scheme against Dragos. No Dragos systems were breached, including anything related to the Dragos Platform. Dragos has a culture of transparency and a commitment to providing educational material to the community. This is why it’s important to us to…
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VA: Fairfax County Public Schools breach exposed sensitve student information
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has had numerous breaches in the past 15 years, including one ransomware incident that affected more than 170,000 former and current employees and students. Here’s a recent incident that just showed up on a state attorney general’s website. FCPS’s notification for this latest incident states that on or about December…
Aeries Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $1.75M; Illuminate Suit is Dismissed – For Now
Kristal Kuykendall reports on the very different outcomes of two class action lawsuits stemming from breaches involving EdTech. Both of these lawsuits’ outcomes have been reported previously on DataBreaches, but this article says that both cases, despite the vastly different outcomes so far, should put EdTech vendors on notice. In a class-action lawsuit filed on…
Campbellford Memorial Hospital employee makes ‘unauthorized’ access to 3,500 patient records
Greg Davis reports: Campbellford Memorial Hospital says an employee has apologized for making “unauthorized” access to more than 3,500 patients records. Global News Peterborough has obtained a copy of one of the 3,500 letters sent to patients last week outlining a privacy breach at the hospital in the Municipality of Trent Hills. In the letter, hospital chief privacy…
Five months after Crown Point Schools suffered a cyberattack, they still don’t know what happened or what they will do
In November, Crown Point Community School students returned to classes after a “network outage” incident that the district feared might be a cybersecurity breach. Now, months later, William Skipworth reports that the investigation into the cybersecurity breach could last another few months. The investigation, which has been ongoing since November, could last a few more…
HHS Cybersecurity Task Force Provides New Resources to Help Address Rising Threat of Cyberattacks in Health and Public Health Sector
On April 17, 2023, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 405(d) Program announced the release of the following resources to help address cybersecurity concerns in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector: Knowledge on Demand – a new online educational platform that offers free cybersecurity trainings for health and public health organizations to…