Watch out!
Help Is Here is a local nonprofit providing social services to low-income families, including free medical services and substance abuse treatment. Help Is Here has the proper security in place to protect the medical information they collect; however, a hacker exploits a vulnerability to a software update, gains access to all of their private information and sells it on the internet. The state accuses them of privacy law violations and sets up hearings to decide if fines will be assessed. Help Is Here spends $25,000 to defend themselves, and they are ultimately fined $35,000.
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