Category: Data loss

March 20, 2023

Last week, the NBA started sending out notification emails to an unknown number of individuals, to inform them that their information was compromised in a data breach at a third-party provider of newsletter services. The incident has resulted in the […]

March 13, 2023

Zoll develops and markets medical equipment and software for advanced emergency care, including cardiac monitoring, oxygen therapy, ventilation, data management, and more. The data breach, the company says, was identified at the end of January, when it discovered unusual activity […]

March 10, 2023

AT&T is informing customers about a data breach at a vendor’s system that allowed threat actors to gain access to AT&T’s Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI). The incident came to light after customers posted the email communication from AT&T on […]

March 10, 2023

A proposed rule change at the Federal Communications Commission would expand the definition of a data breach for communications carriers. If approved by the agency, the rule would cover any incident that affects the confidentiality of customer information, even if […]

March 10, 2023

A hacker announced on a popular cybercrime forum on Thursday that they were “leaking data of a cybersecurity company called Acronis”, claiming that they hacked the company because they were bored and wanted to humiliate them. The hacker is the […]

March 7, 2023

When it comes to data breaches, organizations are generally informed about the risks and procedures for mitigating them. They can (typically) respond with minimal collateral damage. But the impact a data breach can have on individuals can be devasting; getting […]

March 7, 2023

The massive breach at LastPass was the result of one of its engineers failing to update Plex on their home computer, in what’s a sobering reminder of the dangers of failing to keep software up-to-date. The embattled password management service […]

February 28, 2023

Cyber attack risks faced by businesses across states and reported data breaches are relative to the respective state governments’ cybersecurity investment, according to Network Assured. Study methodology Network Assured compared data from State Attorneys Generals and the Department of Health […]

February 20, 2023

The number of data breaches affecting healthcare providers declined in the second half of 2022, consistent with a downward trend over the past two years, according to Critical Insight. Healthcare industry sees a decrease in data breaches A deeper dive […]

February 14, 2023

Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest bottlers of Pepsi beverages in the US, has reported a data breach affecting the personal information of several employees. The company filed a notice of the data breach with the Attorney General of Montana on […]

February 8, 2023

A finance app called “Money Lover” has been found leaking user transactions and their associated metadata, including wallet names and email addresses. That’s according to Trustwave, which published its findings in a blog post on Feb. 7. Money Lover, developed […]

February 8, 2023

A Sydney man has been sentenced to an 18-month Community Correction Order (CCO) and 100 hours of community service for attempting to take advantage of the Optus data breach last year to blackmail its customers. The unnamed individual, 19 when […]

February 6, 2023

In individual data breach notices published on February 3, the organizations informed users that the incident was discovered after cybercriminals started sharing databases stolen from the two companies on underground forums. The databases – or ‘lists’, as the two companies […]

January 26, 2023

The first half of 2022 saw fewer compromises reported due in part to Russia-based cybercriminals distracted by the war in Ukraine and volatility in the cryptocurrency markets, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. However, data compromises steadily increased in […]

January 23, 2023

Marketing automation platform Mailchimp revealed recently that its security team discovered unauthorized access to one of its tools on January 11. The tool is used by the company’s customer-facing teams for support and account administration. According to Mailchimp, the hacker […]

January 18, 2023

The breach occurred after data provided by Nissan to the services provider was inadvertently exposed on the internet, the company notes in a notification letter sent to the impacted customers. “The impacted third-party service provider provides software development services to […]

January 11, 2023

Here is a timeline of the most recent LastPass data breaches from August and November. August 25, 2022: LastPass detects “unauthorized” access LastPass CEO Karim Toubba wrote to inform LastPass users that the company had detected unusual activity within portions […]

January 11, 2023

Bay Bridge Administrators, LLC, (“BBA”), an Austin, Texas based full-service third-party administrator of insurance products that works with many major insurance carriers and employers, has learned of a data security incident that involved the personal information of individuals enrolled in […]

January 9, 2023

Two major European airlines have been compromised, and sensitive customer data likely accessed. The two airlines in question are Air France, and KLM, who have contacted customers of Flying Blue, a multi-airline loyalty program which allows travelers to exchange loyalty […]

December 27, 2022

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit filed in 2018. The legal dispute sprang up in response to revelations that the social media giant allowed […]