A roundup of the top news stories in information security this week, including Equifax stalling on installing a patch that ultimately resulted in its data breach, Yahoo revealing that their 2013 data breach was much bigger than expected, and updates to Netgear products.
In late July the Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center was hit with a ransomware attack that not only locked up patient records, but may have also exposed their personal information.
Federal investigators have warned the Atlanta Public School system that all 6,000 of its employees may have had their personal information compromised due to a phishing scam.
The sole source contract was awarded at the end of September, even after the credit reporting company disclosed a breach that exposed the information of 145.5 million U.S. consumers.
