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Additional charges filed in hacking case against Former Mount Laurel police officer – Trentonian

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Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Miller have announced that a former Mount Laurel police officer who was charged in October with hacking into the social media accounts of an Evesham woman and distributing her nude pictures has been charged with victimizing multiple other women in a similar manner.

Ayron Taylor, 22, of Delran, was taken into custody on Nov. 30 and released Dec. 2 following a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment.

Taylor faces 87 new charges that accuse him of illegally accessing the social media and email accounts of 18 additional women and in several instances distributing their nude photos to people on their contact lists. The complaints allege 28 counts of second-degree crimes that include Computer Criminal Activity and Distribution of Child Pornography, which was brought against him because some of the photos he accessed were taken before the victims became legal adults. The remaining 59 counts are third degree charges including Elements of Computer Theft and other cyber-related crimes.

The investigation began in September after the initial victim contacted Evesham Township police to report that her Snapchat and Facebook accounts had been hacked by an unknown person who then sent nude photos she had taken of herself to her Snapchat contacts, messaged them to her Facebook friends, and posted them on her Facebook wall.

The investigation determined the commonality among all victims was that each one had a student email account through Rowan College of Burlington County (RCBC). The investigation further determined that Taylor illegally accessed more than 2,800 RCBC email accounts. Some of this activity occurred while he was on duty and sitting in his patrol car, utilizing personal electronic devices.

Taylor became a full-time officer in Mount Laurel after graduating from the police academy in October 2021. The department suspended him following the initial charges and began measures to terminate his employment. He has since resigned from the force.

RCBC officials have been cooperative with law enforcement…

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Additional 15K added to Eye Care Leaders’ already record-setting breach tally

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An Air Force ophthalmologist performs surgery on a patient on Sept. 1, 2022. (Army)

Another 15,000 patients have been added to the breach tally of the Eye Care Leaders ransomware attack from nearly one year ago.

Massengale Eye Care issued a breach notice to patients in late October, informing them that their data was also compromised during what remains the largest incident reported in healthcare this year at nearly 3.7 million impacted patients.

While mainstream media outlets have recently warned that the CommonSpirit Health cyberattack could impact 20 million patients, the massive health system’s financial report from this week again stated that they are still investigating and have not found evidence of patient data impacts. As such, ECL still holds the dubious top position.

As reported, ECL’s EMR was hit with a ransomware attack on Dec. 4, after a threat actor accessed the platform and deleted databases and system configuration files. Without the data, it was not possible to identify whether the data was accessed or exfiltrated before it was deleted.

The compromised data varied by provider and patient, and for Massengale the data could include names, contact information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnostic details, and health insurance information.

ECL has not issued its own breach notice with the Department of Health and Human Services, as it defends itself against a provider-led lawsuit accusing the cloud EMR vendor of concealing additional ransomware incidents deployed earlier this year.

A number of providers affected by those alleged incidents spoke exclusively with SC Media, detailing their frustration over the stonewalling. The lawsuit status was last updated in October, with at least 13 filings to extend the time to respond to the claims and two more filings requesting the case be dismissed. In these filings, ECL has repeatedly denied these claims.

CorrectCare security incident swells to 607K impacted individuals

Two more healthcare entities have filed breach notices with HHS, after their medical claims processing vendor CorrectCare informed them that their patient information was exposed due to two misconfigured file databases in July.

CorrectCare Integrated…

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AITX’s Subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices Shipping an Additional 14 Units on New Letter of Intent from Major Casino Operator

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Large Deployment Expected to Begin in July

Detroit, Michigan, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., (OTCPK:AITX), today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD) has received a Letter of Intent from a regional casino operator for large quantity of RAD devices. The expected receipt of this order had been previously acknowledged in a press release in late April of this year.

The Company stated that the Letter of Intent is for a minimum of 12 ROSA security units, 1 SCOT stationary tower, and 1 ROAMEO mobile security robot. The agreement is structured as to allow the client to increase the number of units on order without the need to re-engage their purchasing process. It is expected that deployments will begin in July 2022. The client may choose to be identified in the future as well as participate in a case study since the RAD devices will be in public view.

“Persistence pays off. At RAD we grind until we get the win,” said Mark Folmer, President of RAD. “This client has certainly done their due diligence. I have great respect for their partner qualification process. We’ve gone through similar procedures to ensure that every box is checked when a client is looking at RAD.”

“This is going to be such a great deployment,” said Steve Reinharz, CEO of AITX and RAD. “It’s a picture-perfect commercial deployment, with multiple ROSAs keeping an eye on the facility and their guests, a SCOT at the main entrance providing valuable information and security, plus a ROAMEO on patrol between the parking structure and the front entrance. We expect that these quantities could double in the coming months, at this one location.”

RAD’s parent company AITX has filed for uplisting to the OTCQB. Future announcements will be made regarding the status of the OTCQB application.

ROSA is a compact, self-contained, portable, security and communication solution that can be deployed in about 15 minutes. Like other RAD solutions, it only requires power as it includes all necessary…

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Ooredoo Q P S C : Enhances Managed Security Portfolio with Additional New Services in Collaboration with Leading Providers

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Updated Portfolio Positions Ooredoo as Regional Leader in Managed Security Services

Doha, Qatar

Ooredoo has announced it has recently enhanced its Managed Security Services (MSS) portfolio for its enterprise customers, combining threat detection, incident response, localisation of secured data and compliance management to protect business customers from emerging cyber threats.

Ooredoo’s updated MSS portfolio adopts a three-pronged approach across people, process and technology to stay ahead of ever-evolving cyber threats. The updated MSS product range comprises a localised 24×7 Security Operation Centre, DDoS Mitigation Services, Cloud Internet Security, WAF as a Service, Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint Detection and Response, Managed Firewall and Vulnerability Management, among others.
Ooredoo’s suite of security products and consulting services under the MSS umbrella – powered by a combination of security experts, next-generation technology and world-class partners – is entirely flexible, ensuring business customers can prepare and adapt their security to the threat landscape.
The ICT leader’s business customers can gain access to this fully managed, end-to-end suite of security services driven by Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, enabling them to protect their public, hybrid and private clouds by monitoring, proactively hunting, containing and responding to threats 24/7.
Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Bin Nasser Al Thani, Chief Commercial Officer at Ooredoo, said: “Security is a core component of IT-led transformation, which will play a key role in the delivery of the ambitious Qatar National Vision 2030 and the successful hosting of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. It is extremely critical to have a multi-layered security framework for the success of the major IT-led Initiatives, referred to ‘Defence in Depth’, which rely on security controls throughout ICT including operational technology and critical infrastructure.”
“Given the local requirements for compliance in Qatar alongside the global challenge for managing security, Ooredoo offers end-to-end managed security services…

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