Montauk Union Free School District – Information Technology (2022M-137) Issued Date: January 27, 2023 Audit Objective Determine whether Montauk Union Free School District (District) officials secured access to the network and financial application and developed an information technology (IT) contingency plan. Background The District is located in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County…
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Heads up: Highmark Health will be notifying 300,000 patients of a phishing incident. Watch for your mail this month.
Highmark Health defines itself as a “national, blended health organization” that includes the Highmark Health Plan (a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer); a regional hospital and physician network; and companies that offer dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, population health management, and technology solutions. Letters have not gone out yet and will not be going out in…
Auction Company Offers to Sell Unscrubbed Computers Back to San Benito Schools
Fernando Del Valle reports: A San Benito school district online auction sold thousands of computers and tablets, some of which contained employees’ and students’ personal data, a computer store owner said Wednesday. South Texas Auction Co.’s records show the district sold more than 2,000 computers and 1,500 tablets during a July 23 online auction, David…
In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem
In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem It’s time to be proactive about user privacy. Find out if you’re sending too much data to Facebook—or if you need to send data at all By: Maria Puertas and Simon Fondrie-Teitler We all use the internet to complete increasingly sensitive tasks: book doctor’s appointments,…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
BR: Instituto Federal Do Pará Attack Claimed By BlackCat The Instituto Federal Do Pará (IFPA) is a public education institution in Brazil. On January 21, it was added to the leaks site of the AlphV (BlackCat) group with a message saying, “The guys decided to ignore our ransom demands, so the data of their employees…
Why Is No One Ever Penalised for Data Breaches in India?
Srinivas Kodali has a commentary that begins: Indian software service companies are some of the most profitable entities in the world. They provide technology solutions that power Fortune 500 companies and governments across the world, but is their code always secure? The answer is never a simple binary response but more complex in the real…