Tag: data breach

January 9, 2024

The LockBit ransomware operation has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that hit the Capital Health hospital network in November 2023. Capital Health Regional Medical Center is a member of Capital Health System. Located in Trenton, New Jersey, Capital Health Regional […]

January 4, 2024

23andMe users’ godawful password practices were supposedly to blame for the biotech company’s October data disaster, according to its legal reps. Nope, the biotech firm’s infrastructure management was certainly not at fault in any way when 6.9 million users had […]

January 2, 2024

The court system of Victoria, Australia, was subject to a suspected ransomware attack in which audiovisual recordings of court hearings may have been accessed. Louise Anderson, CEO at Court Services Victoria (CSV), confirmed this week that a “cybersecurity incident” was […]

December 28, 2023

LoanCare suffered a data breach last month, which resulted in the theft of sensitive customer data, the insurance service company has confirmed. Roughly 1.3 million people were affected by the breach, the company further explained, as hackers stole people’s full […]

December 27, 2023

American mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Mint Mobile has confirmed suffering a data breach affecting an unknown number of its customers. The company revealed the news in an email sent to its customers, in which it explained “We are writing […]

December 27, 2023

Cinema and media powerhouse National Amusements has confirmed suffering a breach in which hackers stole sensitive information from thousands of users, putting them at risk of identity theft. The conglomerate has filed a report with the Office of the Maine […]

December 21, 2023

NASA’s Office of Inspector General has run its eye over the aerospace agency’s privacy regime and found plenty to like – but improvements are needed. In an audit [PDF] published Tuesday, the OIG found NASA has a “comprehensive privacy program […]

December 19, 2023

Millions of Comcast Xfinity subscribers’ personal data – including potentially their usernames, hashed passwords, contact details, and secret security question-answers – was likely stolen by one or more miscreants exploiting Citrix Bleed in October. The internet, voice, and cable TV […]

December 15, 2023

A data regulator has reminded companies they need to take care while writing emails to avoid unintentionally blurting out personal data. Unsurprisingly, much of the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance comes down to the correct use of address fields […]

December 13, 2023

Close to a million records containing personally identifiable information belonging to donors that sent money to non-profits were found exposed in an online database. The database is owned and operated by DonorView – provider of a cloud-based fundraising platform used […]

December 12, 2023

An official review of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) August data breach has revealed the full extent of the impact on staff. The incident, which affected 9,483 officers, was branded “the most significant data breach that has ever […]

December 12, 2023

There was only one US Air National Guardsman behind the leak of top-secret US military documents on Discord, but his chain of command bears some responsibility for letting it happen on their watch. The US Air Force reached that conclusion […]

December 11, 2023

The saga of 23andMe’s mega data breach has reached something of a conclusion, with the company saying its probe has determined millions of leaked records originated from illicit break-ins into just 14,000 accounts. In an update on Tuesday to a […]

December 11, 2023

Norton Healthcare, which runs eight hospitals and more than 30 clinics in Kentucky and Indiana, has admitted crooks may have stolen 2.5 million people’s most sensitive data during a ransomware attack in May. During the intrusion, the criminals accessed names, […]

December 7, 2023

New revelations have shed light on the extensive fallout of the 23andMe data breach, which has exposed the personal information of a staggering 6.9 million users. This significant update comes almost two months after the genetic testing company initially reported […]

November 29, 2023

Okta has admitted that the number of customers affected by its October customer support system data breach is far greater than previously thought. Chief security officer David Bradbury originally said earlier this month that according to the company’s root cause […]

October 31, 2023

The US has approved mandatory data breach reporting requirements that impose a 30-day deadline for non-banking financial organizations to report incidents. The amendment to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Safeguards Rule, which aims to hold the US finance sector to […]

October 26, 2023

In a recent and concerning development, the District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) has uncovered a significant data breach that puts the personal information of its entire voting population at risk. The breach was brought to light after stolen […]

October 26, 2023

Famous watchmaker Seiko has confirmed that the cyberattack it suffered in July 2023 was indeed a cybersecurity incident carried out by the infamous BlackCat ransomware gang. In an incident report published on October 25 (the third one in the series), […]

October 18, 2023

D-Link has confirmed suspicions that it was successfully targeted by cyber criminals, but is talking down the scale of the impact. On October 1, word of a data breach spread after a post on a hacking forum claimed to be […]