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Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law S.B. 1188, a bill that regulates the security and storage of electronic health record data and the deployment of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the health care context…. Continue reading Texas Enacts Electronic Health Record Data Localization Law
Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party has informed its members of a data breach, but admits “it is impracticable to notify individuals”. David Hollingworth reports: A pair of Australian political parties associated with firebrand mining magnate Clive … Continue reading United Australia Party confirms ransomware attack, personal data and email correspondence exposed
An Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the United States faces federal charges for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks and extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including a technology company operating in Orego… Continue reading Armenian National Extradited to the United States Faces Federal Charges for Ransomware Extortion Conspiracy
Chad Van Alstin reports: Last year, 92% of all healthcare organizations—systems, hospitals, and provider groups—were targeted by a cyberattack, according to a new report from vendor Fortified Health Security. Further, 70% of those that reported experie… Continue reading 70% of healthcare cyberattacks result in delayed patient care, report finds
Bill Toulas reports: An international law enforcement action dismantled a Romanian ransomware gang known as ‘Diskstation,’ which encrypted the systems of several companies in the Lombardy region, paralyzing their businesses. The law enforce… Continue reading Police disrupt “Diskstation” ransomware gang attacking NAS devices
Zack Whittaker reports: Meta has fixed a security bug that allowed Meta AI chatbot users to access and view the private prompts and AI-generated responses of other users. Sandeep Hodkasia, the founder of security testing firm AppSecure, exclusively tol… Continue reading Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
Benjamin Hernandez reports: A Mississippi law firm is suing its cyber insurer, alleging the carrier wrongfully denied coverage for a roughly $150,000 loss stemming from an “elaborate” email scheme. Gore, Kilpatrick & Dambrino PLLC was duped into wi… Continue reading Mississippi Law Firm Sues Cyber Insurer Over Coverage for Scam
Kateryna Zakharchenko reports: Cyber specialists from Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR), with support from the “Ukrainian Cyber Alliance” and the hacker group “BO Team,” have carried out a cyberattack on the network and server infrastruc… Continue reading Ukrainian Hackers Wipe 47TB of Data from Top Russian Military Drone Supplier
Dimitar Abrashev reports: A computer specialist accused of leaking personal data from Bulgaria’s revenue administration has received a suspended nine-month sentence with three years’ probation, under a plea deal approved by the Sofia City Court. The ca… Continue reading Computer Whiz Gets Suspended Sentence over 2019 Revenue Agency Data Breach
Some human errors are more dangerous than others. PA News reports: A data breach which may have put up to 100,000 people at risk of death or serious harm from the Taliban can now be reported more than three years after it took place. Here the PA news a… Continue reading Ministry of Defence data breach timeline