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Breach Notification Compliance: Data Breach Review
Data Breach Review – What is It, Who Does It, and What to Watch Out For As noted in the Overview of this series, if an investigation into a breach indicates that personally identifiable information (PII) or protected health information (PHI) was involved, a data breach review is required. The Data Breach Times turned to […]
Breach Notification Compliance: Send In the Experts
A series of articles on the processes involved in responding to a data breach. Overview By now, most business owners know that it is not a question of whether, but rather, when, your business will suffer a data breach. Depending on what laws apply to your business, you may only have a matter of days […]
Update: Cleveland City Hall remains paralyzed by cyberattack
On Monday, the city shut down its city hall in response to a cyberattack. News5 in Cleveland reported yesterday that the city remains paralyzed: Cleveland City Hall remains shut down for residents as officials work to contain and eradicate a cyber incident that has disrupted the city’s systems for six days. Residents have been unable […]
Facebook shareholders’ lawsuit over user data security heads to high court
Courthouse News reports that the Supreme Court has agreed to review a Ninth Circuit decision that revived a shareholder’s lawsuit against Facebook that stemmed from the Cambridge Analytica breach. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review whether shareholders can revive a lawsuit accusing Facebook of misleading them about the risk associated with user data […]
Privacy authorities for Canada and the United Kingdom launch joint investigation into 23andMe data breach
The following announcement was issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on June 10. The Data Breach Times has previously reported on the 23andMe data breach.
Cleveland shuts down city hall due to cyberattack
The Record reports that Cleveland shut down its city hall on Monday in response to a cyberattack. In a statement to Recorded Future News, a city spokesperson would not say what systems were shut down due to the incident but confirmed that police, fire and emergency medical services are still functioning, as is the 911 […]
Microsoft and Google to offer support and low-cost cybersecurity services to rural hospitals
When a rural hospital suffers a cyberattack that may knock it offline or encrypt all of its systems and patient records, the human cost can be enormous. Sadly, it is not unusual for criminal groups to attack hospitals, believing that they will have no choice but to pay extortion demands. In a statement issued Monday […]
If you ever sought an insurance quote from QuoteWizard, your data may have been in a big breach
In a week when some big data breaches, like Ticketmaster and Santander, have already been disclosed and confirmed, yet another big breach is now being claimed. An individual calling themself “Sp1d3r” claims to have acquired data on 190 million people who contacted QuoteWizard to get quotes on insurance. The threat actor claims the data includes: […]