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Privacy Briefs: July 2024

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it experienced a breach impacting more than 1.27 million patients when a former employee of vendor Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, accessed patient...more

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FCC Updates Data Breach Notification Rules

At its December meeting, the Federal Communications Commission approved a Report and Order modifying its data protection rules. The order expands the scope of protected data to include personally identifiable information....more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 6 (June, 2022) - A report from the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) found that in early 2022, ransomware groups increasingly turned to legitimate software during...more

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To Pay or Not to Pay: Five Critical Approaches to Beating a Ransomware Threat

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It’s the call you hope you never get. Your company has been hit with a ransomware attack. Your systems are offline. Your customer data was stolen by an unknown threat actor who is threatening to leak it. You have lots of...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA/FBI Advisory Warns of Destructive Malware Used Against Ukraine - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2022 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure - U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that...more

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FINRA Urges Firms to Heed CISA/FBI “Shields Up” Warning on Russia

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The regular “Weekly Update” email from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) had an eye-catching warning February 16, urging broker-dealer member firms to heed the “Shields Up” cyber threat warning from the...more

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FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure

U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that Russia might launch cyber-attacks against Ukrainian and U.S. networks at the same time it launches...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI Warns Olympics/Paralympics Participants of Cyber “Activities” - On January 31, 2022, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification entitled “Potential for Malicious Cyber Activities to Disrupt the...more

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FBI Warns Olympics/Paralympics Participants of Cyber “Activities”

On January 31, 2022, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification entitled “Potential for Malicious Cyber Activities to Disrupt the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics,” warning those associated with the Olympics...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 12. Privacy Briefs: December 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 12 (December, 2021) - Huntington Hospital in New York has sent notices to approximately 13,000 patients about an incident that happened in late 2018 and early 2019 involving a night shift...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - Joint CISA/FBI Alert on Vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus - On December 6, 2021, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2021 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA + FBI Remind Organizations to “Stay Vigilant” During Holiday Season - The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint Alert this week, entitled “Reminder for...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI Warns of Hive Ransomware Following Attack Against Hospital System - On August 25, 2021, the FBI issued a Flash Alert to warn companies, especially in the health care industry, about the proliferation...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2021 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - FBI and DHS/CISA Issue Joint Alert on Mamba Ransomware - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) recently issued a joint alert with the Department of Homeland Security/Cybersecurity Infrastructure and...more

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Cyber Criminals Hone Attacks Against Schools

The FBI recently issued a Flash alert warning higher education institutions, k-12 schools, and seminaries about increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting the education industry....more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - GAO Report Identifies Need for DOE to Address Risks to Electrical Distribution System - The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently completed and published a study on electricity...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - NSA + FBI Warn Defense Contractors of Russian Hackers - When the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) get together to issue a joint warning, you may wish to listen...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019 #5

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Energy Sector’s Reliance on IoT Increases Cyber Vulnerabilities - CyberX recently released its 2020 Global IoT/ICS Risk Report (Report), which compiles survey questions and answers from 1,821 production networks of...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019

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Vicious malware continues to be deployed by China-based attackers. A new strain of malware, dubbed “HiddenWasp,” which has the ability to remotely infect computers, has been discovered by a security researcher at Intezar. The...more

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Business Email Compromise: What It Is and What You Can Do

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Business email compromise (“BEC”) is a type of cyberattack that is increasing at an alarming pace. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated in a May 2017 alert that global losses due to BEC scams totaled more than...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #4

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Energy and Critical Infrastructure Industries Warned of Increased Attacks by FBI and DHS - The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement on October 20, 2017 warning of an increased danger of a...more

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Take-Aways from WannaCry

We have read multiple reports on WannaCry and if you are reading this and don’t know what WannaCry is, Google it for the background story. The clear message is this is not the last major attack we will see, and future attacks...more

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FBI Warns of Cyber Threat in Healthcare Sector

The FBI is warning the healthcare sector of a new cyber threat. In a Notification issued last week, the FBI said that it is “aware of criminal actors who are actively targeting” protected healthcare information (“PHI”) and...more

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