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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 06, 2023

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Security updates for Friday [LWN.net]

=> ↺ Security updates for Friday [LWN.net]

Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium, evolution, and odoo), Fedora (java-11-openjdk), Oracle (samba), Red Hat (libreswan and samba), Slackware (libssh), SUSE (amazon-ssm-agent, apache2-mod_auth_openidc, cmark, containerd, editorconfig-core-c, ffmpeg, go1.20, harfbuzz, helm, java-11-openjdk, java-1_8_0-ibm, liblouis, podman, and vim), and Ubuntu (linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-intel-iotg, and linux-oem-6.1).

Uber’s former Chief Security Officer sentenced to three years probation for covering up massive data breach

=> ↺ Uber’s former Chief Security Officer sentenced to three years probation for covering up massive data breach

Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to serve a three-year term of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, United States District Judge, after a jury found Sullivan guilty of two felonies in October 2022.

Adna School District Defrauded $346,000 in Phishing Scam

=> ↺ Adna School District Defrauded $346,000 in Phishing Scam

The Adna School District was defrauded of $346,000 through what school officials have called a “sophisticated phishing scam,” according to Adna Superintendent Thad Nelson.

The district announced the fraud in a detailed email to The Chronicle on Thursday, noting that after the activity was confirmed, the district notified the FBI, the Washington state Auditor’s Office and the Lewis County Treasurer’s Office as well as the district’s insurance carrier and financial institution.

NHS launches probe after five-year-old takes records of 150 patients to school to use as 'drawing paper'

=> ↺ NHS launches probe after five-year-old takes records of 150 patients to school to use as 'drawing paper'

The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed records containing details of 150 patients to school to use as drawing paper.

Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust confirmed it is investigating how the child got hold of the personal documents.

Catholic Health patients may have fallen victim to data breach by a consultant’s employee

=> ↺ Catholic Health patients may have fallen victim to data breach by a consultant’s employee

Some of Catholic Health’s long-term care residents may have fallen victim to a data breach that took place over the summer.

The health organization says Minimum Data Set Consultants (MDS), a firm that provides consulting services to skilled nursing facilities, was the target of the breach.

San Bernardino County pays $1.1M ransom after cyberattack disrupts Sheriff's Department systems

=> ↺ San Bernardino County pays $1.1M ransom after cyberattack disrupts Sheriff's Department systems

San Bernardino County paid a $1.1 million ransom to hackers who infiltrated the Sheriff’s Department computers, officials acknowledged Friday.

Last month, the department admitted a hack encrypted many of its files, disrupting systems and blocking access to data.

County officials told ABC News on Friday that the county carries insurance for such attacks and its share of the ransom came out to just over $511,000.

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