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During the past year, there’s been shortage of requests for information concerning the Covid-19 pandemic. When the virus first started spreading in area nursing homes, people wanted to know which ones, how many cases and what was being done. People also wanted to know which businesses had employees who tested positive for Covid-19. And now that vaccines are available, The Paris News gets regular phone calls and emails wanting to know where they are, how many doses are coming and why reporters aren’t covering the vaccination clinics each week. The Paris News has provided all the info...

ELKHORN The email addresses of more than 900 Walworth County residents were unintentionally disclosed last month because of an error by the county’s Department of Health & Human Services staff, county officials announced. The error occurred when two staff members sent emails on Feb. 16, 24 and 25 to 907 people who were eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a news release. The emails directed recipients to follow a link to schedule their COVID-19 vaccinations. The recipients’ email addresses were entered on the “To” line of the email instead of the “Bcc,â€...

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Twitter LinkedIn The prolific attack on SolarWinds and their partner ecosystem will forever change how we view supply chain security, and the role email communication plays in it. As the events and details surrounding the attack continue to unfold, we have learned from the company itself that for at least nine months an “email account was compromised and used to programmatically access accounts of targeted SolarWinds personnel in business and technical roles”. This key discovery into how SolarWinds started - from a compromised email account - puts a spotlight on the rising threat of ven...

Health Law Costco customer can sue for alleged disclosure of erectile dysfunction medication to ex-wife, top state court says   Image from Shutterstock.com. A Costco customer will be able to pursue his lawsuit alleging that his hopes of reconciliation with his ex-wife were dashed when a store pharmacist wrongly told her that his erectile dysfunction medication was ready for pickup. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that Greg Shepherd can sue for negligent disclosure of medical information. Shepherd said Costco had wrongly filled the erectile disfunction prescription after he was given a...