cyber-security

FILE - In this March 26, 2018, file photo, a man poses for photos in front of a computer showing Facebook ad preferences pages in San Francisco. If you’ve made changes to how you use social media since Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica privacy debacle, you’re not alone. A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 7 out of 10 of online adults who’ve heard of the Cambridge Analytica scandal have changed their behavior on social media. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Maryland will have its own online privacy law — but not until next year

Matt Bush

The Maryland Online Privacy Act of 2024 takes effect October 1, 2025.

Waiting times in Maryland emergency rooms are among the longest in the nation,averaging 238 minutes per visit. Legislation establishing a task force to propose ways to reduce those wait times was adopted in the 2023 Maryland General Assembly. (photo credit: Tony Webster via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Cyber attack still compromising systems at Baltimore hospitals

Scott Maucione

St. Agnes Ascension Hospital is unable to access electronic records and other systems.

Pages from the United Healthcare website are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. On Thursday, Change Healthcare, a massive U.S. health care technology company owned by UnitedHealth Group, announced a ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack and is assessing the impact of the attack, which it first acknowledged on Feb. 21 and says has affected billing and care authorization portals. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

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Maryland has issued more than 500 loans due to Change Healthcare cyber attack

Scott Maucione

The loans are needed so providers can make payroll and cover business costs.

National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. (center, speaking) visited the Community College of Baltimore County on Thursday as part of the Biden Administration’s push to fill over half a million cybersecurity job vacancies. Photo by Bri Hatch/WYPR.

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National Cyber Director urges Baltimore community college students to join cybersecurity workforce

Bri Hatch

Harry Coker visited the Community College of Baltimore County on Thursday to emphasize his focus on recruiting diverse populations to fill more than 31,000 cyber job vacancies in Maryland.

Maryland hospitals, including Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, are part of a payment experiment that provides new incentives to keep people in good health.

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Johns Hopkins hit with class action suit over cyber breach

Scott Maucione

Plaintiffs claim the organization did not properly secure their personal information.

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Exelon Utilities CEO Calvin Butler On Diversity, Energy Jobs & Power Grid Security

Tom Hall

The energy exec discusses boardroom diversity, utility-company job opportunities, and threats to the energy grid from sabotage and climate change.

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The Daily Dose 4-27-20

Aaron Henkin

Why are Maryland nursing care facilities are being hit so hard by COVID-19? And what information are those facilities required to share? Plus: Heard of…