Rick Earle reports: A state lawmaker has requested the auditor general review the entire process that led to the awarding of that $30 million contract with Insight Global to do contact tracking in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Jason Ortitay, a Republican from Bridgeville, told Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle that this may be the only way…
NIS 2.0—the EU looks to bolster its cybersecurity laws
On 17 February 2022, the second-round of trilogue negotiations commenced between the EU’s institutions on the so-called ‘NIS2’ Directive, which intends to reform the EU’s current cybersecurity rules. Dan Whitehead of Hogan Lovells writes: NIS2 is intended to update the existing Directive 2016/1148 (the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS1)) which took effect in May…
CONSUMER ALERT: Consumers Impacted by T-Mobile Data Breach At Risk of Potential Identity Theft
The following alert was published by New York State Attorney General, but it applies to consumers in all states, so if you were a former, then-current, or prospective T-Mobile customer in 2021, you should read this: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today provided guidance to consumers who may have been impacted…
The Tel Aviv company paid millions to stop cyber criminals
Ofir Dor reports: In early 2021, a team from Sygnia was called in to deal with an intrusion into the systems of a US technology company that develops and manufactures Wi-Fi equipment, and that has a $15 billion market cap. The company received an anonymous email demanding a ransom payment of 50 Bitcoins (about $1.9…
Monongalia Health System hacked again? Second incident report in one year.
Monongalia Health System in West Virginia issued a press release this week about a data breach that impacted patients, employees, and contractors. It was the second incident reported by them in a one-year period. But was this incident unrelated to the first incident or related to it? It’s not yet clear, let’s back up to…
Aon hit by cyber attack
Luke Gallin reports: Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon was hit by a cyber attack on February 25th, 2022, according to an 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the U.S. In its filing, Aon states that it identified a cyber incident impacting a limited number of systems. Read more at Reinsurance…