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Travel company CWT avoids ransomware derailment by paying $4.5m blackmail demand – Naked Security

Travel company CWT avoids ransomware derailment by paying $ 4.5m blackmail demand  Naked Security
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About 4.5M face risk of ID theft after hack of hospital network

About 4.5 million people in 28 states face the risk of identity theft due to a massive data breach at Community Health Systems (CHS) a Franklin, Tenn., based health network.

CHS, which operates over 200 hospitals, disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that hackers, apparently based out of China, accessed systems containing the data some time in April and June.

The hackers successfully bypassed the company’s security controls and siphoned out names, Social Security Numbers, addresses, birthdates and phone numbers of people who received or were referred for services by CHS affiliated doctors over the past five years.

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OpenDNS secures $4.5M to protect users from phishing scams – Reuters

OpenDNS, a provider of internet security, has closed a $4.5 million round of funding, according to a filing with the SEC. Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners participated in the round. Based in San Francisco, the free Domain Name System (DNS) service provid
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