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Florida School Board Breach Exposes 10,000

A data breach last year involving Florida’s Brevard County School Board may have compromised sensitive details of roughly 10,000 people. So reports Florida Today.

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Several Law Firms Tap Cybersecurity Leaders

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has become the latest in a wave of law firms boosting the leadership ranks of their cybersecurity and privacy practice groups. So reports Reuters.

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Pennsylvania Contact-tracing Breach Spurs Class Action

A proposed class action suit has been filed against the Pennsylvania Department of Health and its third-party vendor Insight Global in connection with a breach of COVID-19 contact tracing data. So reports Health IT Security.

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Scripps Health Blames Malware for Network Shutdown

Scripps Health has said that a system outage following a cyberattack on May 1 was due to malware on its network. So reports Fierce Healthcare.

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Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Surfaces in Data Leak: Report

Researchers have uncovered a public database that allegedly includes the names of more than 200,000 people participating in an Amazon fake reviews scam. So reports ZDNet.com.

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Biden Admin to Put Cybersecurity First in $1B IT Spending

The Biden administration plans to make cybersecurity a top priority as it spends $1 billion in information technology funding allocated by Congress this year. So reports The Washington Post.

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Contact-tracing Breach

Pennsylvania state lawmakers have called for an independent inquiry into a COVID-19 contact tracing data breach. So reports local WPXI-TV.

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Cybersecurity Startups Vanta, Cymulate Each Raise Millions

Two cybersecurity startups, automated compliance platform Vanta and attack simulator Cymulate, have each separately unveiled multimillion-dollar funding hauls. So report VentureBeat and TechCrunch.

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SmileDirectClub Reveals Cyberattack

SmileDirectClub, a teeth-straightening retainer seller, has disclosed that an April cybersecurity incident affected operations and will hit sales. So reports The Wall Street Journal.

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Walmart Cybersecurity Veteran Joins Casey’s General Stores

In another apparent indication of widening demand for cybersecurity pros, Paul Suarez, who most recently served as senior director, international info security, at Walmart, has joined Midwestern convenience store retailer Casey’s General Stores. So reports Chain Store Age.

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