More Hospitals Hit by Growing Wave of Ransomware Attacks

Hospitals in New York and Oregon were targeted on Tuesday by threat actors who crippled systems and forced ambulances with sick patients to be rerouted, in some cases. Continue reading More Hospitals Hit by Growing Wave of Ransomware Attacks

645,000 people warned their personal health data at risk after phishing attack

The Oregon Department of Human Services has started notifying more than 600,000 people that their personal details have been put at risk after staff were tricked into granting hackers access to millions of emails.
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Oregon Unconstitutionally Fined a Man $500 for Saying ‘I am an Engineer,’ Federal Judge Rules

Mats Järlström has won his First Amendment case against the state of Oregon: “This restriction clearly controls and suppresses protected speech.” Continue reading Oregon Unconstitutionally Fined a Man $500 for Saying ‘I am an Engineer,’ Federal Judge Rules

Pacific Northwest burger chain hit by FIN7

Fast-food chain Burgerville revealed Wednesday that its customers’ credit and debit card information was stolen by the international cybercrime group known as FIN7. The company, which has over 40 locations in Oregon and Washington, said customers that used a credit card at any of its locations between September 2017 and September 2018 should consider their cards compromised. Burgerville says the information taken includes names, card numbers, expiration dates and CVV numbers. “We realize that this intrusion was not only on Burgerville’s system, but also on your life,” Burgerville interim CEO Jill Taylor wrote in a letter to customers. “This isn’t what you expected to happen when you came to visit one of our locations.” The company learned of the intrusion in August when the FBI reached out after it announced the arrest of three men tied to FIN7. In the indictment, the Department of Justice named a number of businesses based […]

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Oregon Wants to Kill More Endangered Sea Lions to Save Endangered Fish

A case study in the unforeseen consequences of well-meaning attempts at wildlife conservation in the Pacific Northwest, so protective as to be counterproductive. Continue reading Oregon Wants to Kill More Endangered Sea Lions to Save Endangered Fish