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Westat Announces Data Breach Affecting Henry Ford Health and Other Healthcare Providers
In October and November of 2023, Westat, Inc. filed two data breach notices with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights following the company’s discovery that a vulnerability within MOVEit enabled hackers to access confidential information in the company’s possession. In other notices submitted by Westat, the company explains that…
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MESVision Experiences Data Breach Stemming from MOVEit Software Vulnerability
On November 14, 2023, Medical Eye Services, Inc. (“MESVision”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that MOVEit, a software program used by MESVision, contained a critical vulnerability that gave hackers access to confidential data in the company’s possession. In this notice, MESVision explains that the incident resulted…
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Otsego Memorial Hospital Experiences Cyber Incident, Raising Data Breach Concerns Among Patients
Recently, Otsego Memorial Hospital reportedly experienced a security breach requiring the hospital to temporarily shut down its computer systems. While Otsego Memorial Hospital and its parent company, Munson Health, have yet to confirm that any patient data was leaked, some patients have expressed concerns about a possible Otsego Memorial Hospital data breach….By: Console and Associates,…
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Ransomware Group Takes Credit for Homeland, Inc. Cyberattack and Data Breach
On November 13, 2023, Homeland, Inc. was added to the “victim list” of a ransomware group, raising concerns that the company may have experienced a data breach. According to the ransomware group, they were able to obtain confidential consumer information from Homeland’s computer network, including consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and more….By: Console…
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Falling From a Scaffold in New York Can Be a Triable Issue of Fact Under Labor Law § 240
Arizaga v. Lex Gardens II TP4 Hous. Dev. Fund Co., Inc., 78 Misc. 3d 1216(A), 185 N.Y.S.3d 646 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2023) – The plaintiff, a carpenter, was performing work on a scaffold when the planks of the scaffold lifted up, causing him to lose his balance and fall off of the scaffold. The plaintiff…
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Israel-Hamas War: Israel Says Troops Find Weapons During Taking of Gaza Hospital
In a video taken at Al-Shifa Hospital, an Israeli officer showed rifles, ammunition, body armor and Hamas uniforms he said had been found there. Hamas called the claims “a fabricated story.”
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What One Photo Shows About a Gaza Hospital in Chaos
A single photograph captures the horror of a hospital in Gaza that is running out of everything but patients.
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Russian Payments to Top Journalist Hubert Seipel Jolts Germany
The revelation that the broadcaster Hubert Seipel received hundreds of thousands of euros from an oligarch is stirring worries in Germany that Russia is using an old playbook to promote its interests.
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How FIFA Handed Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup
FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, cheered a plan to take soccer’s richest event to the kingdom. He has said little about his years of work to make that happen.
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French Judges Issue Warrant for Syria’s President in War Crimes Case
The warrant relates to the deadly use of chemical weapons and is a major step to hold President Bashar al-Assad accountable for some of the worst atrocities in Syria’s long conflict.
