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Vermont sees increase in flu as cases around the country surge
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (717+ words) Flu is surging around the country, and Vermont is not immune to the national trend, though the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent dashboard for the disease identifies the state's illness prevalence as lower than much of…...
Judge throws out Vermont’s lawsuit against facial recognition software firm Clearview AI
3+ week, 5+ day ago (528+ words) A Vermont judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by the state against a New York-based facial recognition software company, alleging violations of consumer protection laws. Washington County Superior Court Judge Daniel Richardson this week granted Clearview AI's motion to…...
Data breach at Dartmouth College exposes personal information of 40,000 people
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (481+ words) This story by Clare Shanahan was first published in the Valley News on Dec. 1, 2025. HANOVER "More than 40,000 people in Vermont and New Hampshire may have been impacted by a data breach in a system used by Dartmouth College. Last week,…...
Vermont man who admitted to hacking and stole personal data avoids jail time
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (392+ words) A Vermont man has received a probationary sentence after he admitted to operating an international hacking scheme that stole personal information from tens of thousands of people. Judge Mary Kay Lanthier ordered Nicholas Moses of Newport to serve four years…...
‘Human side,’ not tech, to blame for VTBuys problems, state IT chief says
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (393+ words) MONTPELIER " Vendor payment delays caused by the rollout of VTBuys, the state's new digital procurement system, are a result of "human side" problems, not the technology itself, Vermont's IT chief told lawmakers on Tuesday." Denise Reilly-Hughes, secretary of the Agency…...
ECFiber’s future operator names CEO as legal spat with current operator escalates
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (730+ words) As ECFiber and the company that currently runs its operations continue to spar in court, the communication union district announced that its new service provider has hired its first chief executive officer." Gopi Sundaram, a longtime investor in broadband projects,…...
Vermont man admits to computer hacking scheme to steal data from more than 65,000 victims
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (526+ words) RUTLAND " A Vermont man who prosecutors say was behind a hacking operation used to steal personal information from tens of thousands of people has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge in Vermont. Nicholas Moses, 34, of Newport, who also uses…...
Data breach reported in firm handling Vermont Catholic abuse claims
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (461+ words) The Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese is one of a dozen U.S. religious entities that have filed for bankruptcy whose digital information " potentially including confidential sex abuse claims " was exposed in a cyberattack. The California-based Berkeley Research Group had been hired to…...
Final Reading: Is Vermont’s electrical grid safe from hackers?
8+ mon, 2+ hour ago (946+ words) Vermont utility companies are seeing a rise in cyberattacks. "The exact numbers on that I don't know because it is literally continuous." That's what Dan Nelson, chief technology officer for the Vermont Electric Power Company, said Tuesday when lawmakers asked…...
Opinion — Vermont businesses: Getting data privacy right
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (335+ words) This commentary is from a group of Vermont businesses, listed below the text. Businesses and nonprofits want clear guidelines to ensure compliance with any new data privacy law. We shouldn't make that harder than it needs to be. As amended…...