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COVID-19-related data breach affects thousands in Delaware

By The Associated Press

DOVER, Del. — Public health officials in Delaware say the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus this summer was mistakenly shared with an unauthorized individual.

The state’s Division of Public Health on Sunday announced the data breach happened when a temporary staff member sent two unencrypted emails in August that included files with the test results, names, dates of birth and phone numbers of 10,000 people.

The Delaware State News reported the files did not include financial information. Officials say a call center will open Monday to provide information about the data breach.

What should the government be doing about cyberattacks on corporations?

By Rick Massimo
A day after the world’s largest meatpacking company, JBS, confirmed that it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom to hackers who broke into its computer system, two federal officials spoke with WTOP about what companies, private people and the government can and should be doing to prevent and deal with the next attack. Eric Goldstein, the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told WTOP on Thursday: “This is a national-level risk that can affect every organization in America, public or private, big and small across sectors.”
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