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Re: CPD declines to pay ransom in data attack

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agree or disagree, did they make the right move?
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in January 2009

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Ten years ago this week and what was on our minds? It was the Great Recession. I remember it all too well. Many of my accounts were in the AEC market, remember losing almost 30% of that business because of bankruptcies, companies closing and companies just buying their device once they came to the end of the lease. Hope I never have to go through that again! Enjoy the threads from ten year ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 1/4/09 Neal · 1/5/097:19 AM According to survey of printshops...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Torrey Pines High School of California announced that its network was hacked. o was hacked to alter student grades and transcripts - United Healthcare notified unknown number of patients in South Carolina that their PHI may have been exposed in a data breach that happened last year - Hackers are hijacking smart door/building access control systems, which they are using to launch DDoS attacks, according to firewall company SonicWall. - Beaumont Health of Michigan notified 1,200 patients that...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update - IBM report on security states: o Average total cost of a data breach is now $3.92 million  Average cost of lost revenue is $1.42 million  Healthcare industry average total cost is $6.45 million or $429 per record o Average size of breach involves 25,575 records o Average cost per record of $150 o Average time to discover breach is 279 days o 49% of breaches caused by internal employees  Includes accidental and malicious incidents  (Konica Minolta offers the bizhub...
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Cybersecurity News

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The average American has had their personal data stolen or exposed at least 4 times in 2019, according to new research published by Interest Research. - The finance vertical is suffering from a 238% increase in cyberattacks during COVID- 19 pandemic according to research published by VMware Carbon Black Security. - Nebraska Medical Center of Omaha, NE notified 1311 patients that their PHI was exposed after an employee illegally accessed - Sophos Security reports following on ransomware: o...
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Cybersecurity Update

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- TV celebrity Scott Disick, father of 3 children with Kourtney Kardashian, has filed a lawsuit against All Points Lodge Rehab in Edwards, Colorado for a HIPAA breach. o He reportedly had recently checked himself into the facility for substance abuse, and apparently an employee at the facility may have sold this story to tabloid publications. - Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, IL notified 4,824 patients that their PHI was illegally accessed by a former employee. - Vanessa...
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Re: Holes in a fence: How the approach to cybersecurity is changing

richj ·
I am out of the office on annual leave until the 26th Jan. In my absence please contact 01983 406522. Thank you
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Health Care Email Security Still Needs Improving

David Bailey ·
Despite the fact that so many data breaches have impacted the health care sector in the past few years, and a high percentage of them have been traced back to poor email security, it does not seem as though industry players are really rising to the...
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Healthcare organizations at risk of Shellshock vulnerability

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Security threats are growing in abundance as more health organizations choose to host large quantities of patients' personal and medical information in data centers, locally and across the country. A recent study from McAfee discovered over 31 million...
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The Latest Health Care Breach Might Be the Worst

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Health care data breaches have been growing in frequency and subsequent damages for years now, while the vast majority of the events actually take place on a smaller scale among community providers. However, in the past couple of months, this has not...
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Health care industry is No. 1 for cyberattacks

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The FBI has warned that cyberattacks are on the rise - and health care companies are often the target hackers seek. An attack that took place in August on Community Health Systems Inc., the No. 2 publicly traded U.S. hospital group, compounded concern...
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Holes in a fence: How the approach to cybersecurity is changing

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The Sony Entertainment cyberattack is not yet old news. On the contrary, the breach is still affecting the idea of cybersecurity and how important it is for organizations to have protection in place. The mystery of who was behind the attack on Sony is...
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Mandiant Managed Defense Expands Capabilities with Off-Network Threat Detection and One-Click Containment

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Mandiant, the leader in security incident response management, today announced new capabilities for its Managed Defense service. No system is left unprotected with Mandiant's new Agent Anywhere TM technology, an innovation enabling the search for Indicators of Compromise even when users are highly mobile, behind network address translation (NAT) or not connected to the corporate network. When attacks are confirmed, users can respond immediately and isolate affected systems with a single...
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VirtualArmour Sees 100% Client Protection Success Against “WannaCry” Attack

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premier Managed Services Provider, VirtualArmour International Inc. (the “ Company ”) (CSE:VAI), announced today it was able to maintain 100% protection for its entire client base after one of the most severe international ransomware attacks, ‘WannaCry’. Due to the mass exposure of the vulnerability of enterprise systems to the attack, VirtualArmour also has seen an increase in current client spend and new business development...
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Hacking increasing by 1600%* - What is really going on with Data Security?

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Before you switch off as you consider security uninteresting, just remember that if you think about it George Lucas has made $5.3 billion out of a data breach story. General Tagge " If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness, and exploit it." Before we start let us say we aren't self-appointed gurus, we are most likely just like you, a user/business person. During this search, we realised that we...
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Client ransomware attacks up 37% in third quarter

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Reported ransomware attack notifications against Beazley PLC clients in the third quarter of this year increased 37% compared with a year ago, and small businesses were particularly vulnerable, the insurer said in a report issued Thursday. Cyber criminals often use information technology vendors to pursue their activity, according to the report. Of the ransomware incidents reported, 24% were confirmed to be caused by a vendor managed service provider, according to the Beazley Breach Insights...
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CPD declines to pay ransom in data attack

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Data at the Chadron Police Department was temporarily unavailable for a time recently, after the department was hit with a ransomware attack. Hackers accessed an old server with a vulnerable port connected to a copy machine about a month ago, said Police Chief Tim Lordino. “There was no data taken. All of our data was essentially corrupted or encrypted,” he said. The hackers demanded $20,000 in ransom to turn over a key to un-encrypt the data. “We chose not to pay it,” Lordino said. While...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for January 25th, 2020

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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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HP Inc attacks Xerox boardroom shakeup bid

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HP Inc has blasted Xerox’s latest move to initiate a hostile takeover bid, which involves replacing the existing board with 11 new members, claiming that Xerox’s tactics are self-serving. The board nominations being proposed by Xerox include former senior executives from several blue chip companies, including Aetna, United Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Novartis and Verizon. Xerox said the candidates were chosen because of their expertise in overseeing and executing significant company...
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Frequency and Complexity of DDoS Attacks is Rising; Defenders Turn to Automation and Managed Services for Support

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January 23, 2018 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time BURLINGTON, Mass.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. , (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of business assurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence solutions, today released its 13 th Annual Arbor Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering direct insights from network and security professionals at the world’s leading service provider, cloud/hosting and enterprise...
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Hacking Networked Copiers, Cyber Security, Malware, DOS attacks

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Recently I've been doing some research about hacking a networked copier and printer and what can happen next. Recently some articles are stating that hacking will move downstream, meaning small companies that are more vulnerable to attacks. In addition smart phones, apps, routers, you name it, and it can be hacked. The method of my madness is top present relevant information to existing and net accounts who think they can stick with their current copier or printer that is more than 3 years...
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Summer of Ransomware: Security Attacks Hit Cities in Texas, Florida

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There's a Texas-sized ransomware problem brewing on the heels of similar incidents in Florida. The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) on Friday revealed that more than 20 entities, mostly smaller local governments in the state, were impacted by a ransomware attack. "On the morning of August 16, 2019, more than 20 entities in Texas reported a ransomware attack," the Texas DIR said in an update Saturday evening that put the total number of affected agencies at 23. State government...
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Army researchers take proactive approach to cybersecurity

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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army researchers along with their academic partners are pioneering a novel cyber security framework that will thwart future attacks on military systems by changing network dynamics thus enhancing network modernization efforts. Dr. Terrence Moore and Dr. Frederica Nelson from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory , along with researchers from University of Queensland , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and...
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Cybersecurity News

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Cybersecurity Update - Check Point Security published report warning that hackers are spoofing Medical Leave forms in email phishing campaigns that have embedded malware. - VT San Antonia Aerospace of Texas notified the federal government that 1.5 terabytes of sensitive data was stolen as result of a Maze ransomware attack. - Kaspersky Software published report warning that a hacking group named “Cycidek” is sending out phishing emails that are embedded with USBCulprit malware which copies...
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Cybersecurity Update

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- Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. of Kirksville, Missouri notified 6,033 patients that their PHI was exposed after two boxes of paper medical records were found in a storage facility. - Domestic violence app supported by Dr. Phil suffers data breach o Aspire News, an app designed to assist domestic violence victims, has suffered a data breach with recordings from victims found on unsecured cloud storage. o included more than 4,000 voice recordings along with victim details, home...
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Hackers demand $7.5 million from Telecom Argentina

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Telecom Argentina SA suffered a ransomware attack on July 18 and hackers have demanded a ransom of $7.5 million to unlock encrypted files, ZDNet reported. The attack, which is considered to be one of the biggest hacks in the country, caused extensive damage to the company's network. Read more.
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for August, 2020

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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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Has Canon Suffered A Ransomware Attack? 10TB Of Data Alleged Stolen: Report

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Last week Canon suffered an outage impacting users of the image.canon photo storage site. Now, it has been reported that it may have been hit by a ransomware attack involving the theft of 10TB of data across multiple services. This is a breaking story, but here's what I know so far. According to Bleeping Computer, which has a partial screenshot of what is alleged to be the ransom note, Canon was attacked during the morning of August 5 by the notorious Maze ransomware gang. A member of the...
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Re: Has Canon Suffered A Ransomware Attack? 10TB Of Data Alleged Stolen: Report

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could be.... a few weeks ago we had some threads about KM's site being down for ordering also. I can't confirm but heard they also had a problem
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Canon Admits Ransomware Attack in Employee Note, Report

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A day after Canon was suspected of becoming the latest high-profile victim of a ransomware attack, an internal employee communique admitting just that has been leaked to media. According to Bleeping Computer, the camera-maker has circulated a note to employees confirming that ransomware is to blame for outages across its main U.S. website, email, collaboration platforms and various internal systems. “Canon U.S.A, Inc. and its subsidiaries understand the importance of maintaining the...
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Re: Has Canon Suffered A Ransomware Attack? 10TB Of Data Alleged Stolen: Report

Kevin Foley ·
Anyone know if this is why Canon's dealer portal has been broken these past few days?
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for August 9th, 2020

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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update - Fortified Health Security reports that malicious attackers caused 60% of healthcare data breaches so far this year. - Children’s Hospital of Colorado, located in Aurora, notified 2,553 patients that their PHI was exposed after an email phishing attack. - Interpol reports that from January to April, it detected the following tied to COVID-19 topics: o 907,000 spam messages o 737 malware incidents o 48,000 malicious URLs - Becker’s Health IT magazine reports that...
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SEPTA attacked by malware, says Key card information not compromised

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SEPTA is pointing to a malware attack on its servers for why it hasn’t been able to share important travel information with customers since Monday morning. The authority began investigating technical issues over the weekend, later bringing in the FBI and outside information technology experts for help. SEPTA shut down real-time data like its “Next-to-Arrive” feature Monday to mitigate problems, and also halted employee email as well as access to payroll and remote timekeeping. An...
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Cybersecurity News

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Cybersecurity Updates The Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio, TX notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after it was inadvertently made accessible on a public website. - The federal government is warning healthcare organizations of a new fraud attempt where facilities are receiving bogus postcards with info about a mandatory HIPAA compliance risk assessment o Postcards direct people to a fake website in attempt to steal info - Premier Health of Ohio...
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MSP & IT, MSSP Industry Notes for August 23rd, 2020

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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for August 23rd, 2020 MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust...
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Haywood County Schools to remain closed Aug. 25 due to ransomeware attack

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Haywood County Schools will remain closed Aug. 25 due to a ransomeware attack that was identified the previous morning. The system announced in an 8:30 a.m. Aug. 24 release that school would be closed that day — with an optional workday for teachers — due to the attack. In a release later that day, HCS announced it would be closed to students a second day with another optional teacher work day. "Instruction will resume when remote access is restored," HCS superintendent Bill Nolte said in...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Fortinet Security published report on healthcare cybersecurity: o 87% of healthcare providers use IoT devices o 79% are making cloud adoption a strategic priority o 59% of breaches are carried out by internal threats o 60% increase in cyber attacks in past year o 41% of breaches are caused by email o 51% fail to comply with HIPAA Right to Access  83% recognize that HIPAA compliance is not enough to address cyber threats  72% on average comply with HIPAA Security Rule...
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MSP & IT, MSSP Industry Notes for September 12th, 2020

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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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MSP, IT, & MSSP Industry Notes for September 26th, 2020

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MSP IT & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have the expertise,...
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Cybersecurity Update

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HIPAA & Cybersecurity Updates - The federal Office for Civil Rights (under Department of Health & Human Services) announced following settlements based on HIPAA violation investigations: o $15,000 = All Inclusive Medical Services of California o $70,000 = Northeast Behavioral Health, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health of Massachusetts o $3500 = Dr. Patricia King Psychiatric Clinic of Chesapeake, VA o $10,000 = Wise Psychiatry of Centennial, CA o $38,000 = Housing Works Health of New...
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Hacked Software Provider Acknowledges Ransomware Attack

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DALLAS — A major U.S. provider of software services to state and local governments acknowledged Friday that it was hit by a ransomware attack two days after telling clients an unknown intruder had compromised its phone and information technology systems. Tyler Technologies said in a statement that it confirmed the intruder used ransomware but did not provide further details on its response, citing an ongoing investigation. A spokesperson for the Dallas-area company did not directly answer a...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stated that so far in 2020, the PHI (protected health information) of 13.7 million patients hasbeen affected by data breaches. Causes: 66% = hacking 21% = unauthorized access/disclosure 7% = theft3% = improper disposal 3% = loss Premera Blue Cross, headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, paid the largest HIPAA fine in history, when it agreed to pay the feds $6.85 million in regards to breach that exposed PHI of...
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Cybersecurity Update

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US District Attorney announced that Richard Liriano was sentenced to 30 months in prison and a $351,850.25 fine for illegally accessing the PHI of patients while he worked for the Hospital For Special Surgery in New York. The City of Odessa, Texas notified an unknown number of citizens that their info may have been exposed in recent breach. People of Praise, located in South Bend, IN, notified an unknown number of members that their info was exposed after hacking incident. The University...
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Lake George conservancy hit by ransomware attack

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BOLTON — The Lake George Land Conservancy, which works to protect land and the watershed around the lake, was the target of a recent ransomeware attack on its internal computer server. But the organization said it had already backed up its files at a another location and simply eliminated the files locked by the malware after it learned of the breach on Sept. 23. “We immediately took steps to address the breach, secure our data, and determine the extent of organizational data that may have...
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes fopr November 7th, 2020

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November 7th, 2020 www.thinkarcoa.com MSP, MSSP and IT Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update WeWork revealed that an employee discovered that if users entered “9999” on the network, they could print out other people’s jobs, while www.thinkarcoa.com using free office WiFi account. This has since been corrected. The FBI is reporting that a Eastern European hacking group named “UNC1878” aks Wizard Spider, is using Ryuk ransomware to target hospitals in the U.S.NBC *News is reporting that 20 hospitals have been struck so far. Wakefern Food Corp., headquartered in...
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes for November 15th, 2020

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November 15th, 2020 MSP, MSSP and IT Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this since 1989 and have...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Cyber consulting firms are getting dragged into post-breach lawsuits, according to article published by Bloomberg Law. o Accenture Plc’s unit was compelled to provide info during recent suit filed against Marriott International o Was forced to turn over cybersecurity firm Mandiant’s report on a cloud hack in another case. o Class action lawyers claim it could provide “a vivid trail for liability” The feds report that in the month of October, 2020, over 2.1 million...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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HIPAA & Cybersecurity Updates First Impressions Orthodontics/Professional Dental Alliance of Connecticut, notified 23,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack. The Connecticut Department of Social Services notified 37,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after an email phishing attack. The federal government is proposing a new law named “The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act”, to increase awareness and standards regarding security of these devices...
 
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