Following two recent breaches in Utah, one affecting 780,000 individuals, the state is taking steps to prevent future incidents, GovInfoSecurity reports. The health department is creating a data security office, and the governor recently signed a law that will see the implementation of security and privacy best practices there and in other government departments. In California, Kirkwood Community College officials say hackers accessed a database containing applicants’ names, Social Security numbers and other personal information. And the VA medical center has alerted 7,405 patients of a breach involving an unprotected laptop containing their personal information.
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