Data breaches decline 33% in the first half of 2020
Tech Republic Security
JULY 14, 2020
The Identity Theft Resource Center projects 2020 is on pace to see the lowest number of breaches and exposures since 2015.
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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. which suffered a data breach in 2015 affecting 78.8
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FTC Recognizes Identity Theft Awareness Week
Identity IQ
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
FTC Recognizes Identity Theft Awareness Week. The Federal Trade Commission is commemorating Identity Theft Awareness Week with a series of free events focused on raising awareness and educating consumers about the growing risk of identity theft. million fraud reports in 2020. IdentityIQ.
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US sees $1 billion worth of Child Identity Theft and Fraud
CyberSecurity Insiders
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
A recent study made by Javelin Strategy & Research says that the annual loss incurred through Child Identity Theft and Fraud in United States is $1 billion worth. The 2021 Child Identity Fraud report clearly states that all those children above 10 are found using online services these days and from them over 1.25
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Staples discloses data breach exposing customer order data
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization.
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Fragomen law firm data breach exposed Google employee’s data
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Immigration law firm Fragomen has disclosed a data breach that exposed current and former Google employees’ personal information. Immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, one of the most prominent US law firms covering immigration law, disclosed a data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.
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Chegg discloses the third data breach in the last two years
Security Affairs
APRIL 30, 2020
The US education technology company Chegg discloses a security breach that took place in early April, the firm already sent notifications to its employees. The data breach notification sent on April 28 inform the employee of a security breach that impacted some of their personal information. Pierluigi Paganini.
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Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Identity Theft: Up Close and Personal
Lenny Zeltser
JULY 1, 2020
In June 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned that “imposters are filing claims for unemployment benefits [in the US], using the names and personal information of people who have not filed claims.” the scammers get these details from massive data breaches, such as the Equifax breach.
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Healthcare giant Magellan Health discloses data breach after ransomware attack
Security Affairs
MAY 13, 2020
Magellan Health Inc announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place on April 11, 2020, the company also confirmed that hackers have stolen personal information from one of its corporate servers. ” reads the data breach notice issued by the company. Magellan Health Inc. ” concludes the company.
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California Man Indicted in Shopify Data Breach
Hot for Security
APRIL 6, 2021
Tassilo Heinrich, a California resident arrested a few months ago by the FBI for alleged involvement in a Shopify data breach, has been indicted by a grand jury. When we hear of data breaches, we usually assume they’re the work of outsiders, but that’s not always the case.
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City of Philadelphia suffers a data breach
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 23, 2023
The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. Potentially affected Individuals are recommended to remain vigilant against fraudulent activities such as identity theft and scam attempts.
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Credit Reporting Companies Put Customer Data at Risk
Adam Levin
MAY 19, 2021
The company has suffered data breaches in the past. . Significant data breaches at credit score bureaus include: . Experian, 2020: A data breach impacted 24 million Experian customers, plus almost 800,000 businesses in South Africa. In 2018, Experian settled a class-action lawsuit for $22 million. .
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CafePress slapped with $500,000 penalty for data breach
CyberSecurity Insiders
MARCH 22, 2022
Going deep into the details, CafePress’s former owner, Residual Pumpkin Entity, was storing critical customer data such as social security numbers, passwords and other account related info in plain text and not with any authentication. In Sept’2020, PlanetArt acquired CafePress from its former parent company Shutterfly or Snapfish. .
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ROUNDTABLE: Why T-Mobile’s latest huge data breach could fuel attacks directed at mobile devices
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 19, 2021
TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. I’m going to speculate that the sudden shift to work-from-home in 2020 has led to quick decisions to meet immediate needs.
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Cognizant admitted data breach in April Ransomware Attack
Security Affairs
JUNE 18, 2020
In April the information technologies services giant Cognizant Technology suffered a ransomware attack, now it has confirmed also a data breach. On April 20, 2020, Cognizant learned that the attackers staged and likely exfiltrated a limited amount of data from Cognizant’s systems. ” reads the notice of data breach.
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US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach
Security Affairs
JANUARY 21, 2020
The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Pierluigi Paganini.
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5 Data Breaches You May Have Missed
Identity IQ
JANUARY 19, 2021
With all that transpired over the last few months, and even with the SolarWinds cyberattack making headlines , it might be easy to forget that data breaches and hacks continue to expose the personal information of millions. This leaves victims of the data breaches vulnerable to identity theft.
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Data of 540,000 Sports Referees, League Officials Compromised
Adam Levin
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
ArbiterSports, a software provider for several sports leagues including the NCAA, announced that it had averted a ransomware attack in July 2020, but despite blocking the attempt to encrypt their systems, the company discovered that a database backup had been accessed prior to the attack.
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US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates discloses data breach
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system. The company is offering to the impacted individuals free fraud detection and identity theft protection through Equifax’s Complete Premier services for two years. Pierluigi Paganini.
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T-Mobile suffered the second data breach in 2023
Security Affairs
MAY 1, 2023
T-Mobile disclosed the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers since February. T-Mobile suffered the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers starting in late February 2023.
What to Do If You’re a Victim of a Hospital Data Breach
Identity IQ
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Earlier this month, UMass Memorial Health alerted patients who were affected by the hospital data breach. In a notice to affected patients, the hospital disclosed that an unauthorized person accessed employee emails between June 2020 and January 2021 but was unable to say the level to which the emails were viewed.
Data Breach at Legal Service Provider May Have Compromised Health Info of 36,000 Patients in Pittsburgh
Hot for Security
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
” The CJH noticed suspicious email activity in June 2020. The medical facility learned of the breach in December. PHI is highly desired by cyber thieves, who can use it to commit medical identity theft and tax return fraud in a victim’s name. Were you a victim of a data breach?
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Data Breach: Turkish legal advising company exposed over 15,000 clients
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. How Did the Data Breach Happen? Whose Data was Exposed and What Are the Consequences. Identity theft. How and Why We Discovered the Breach.
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Data Breach at Britain JD Sports leaks 10 million customers
CyberSecurity Insiders
JANUARY 30, 2023
Details are in that the info belongs to all those customers who booked their orders on the platform from the past few years(say between Nov’18 to Oct’2020) and might include sensitive details of half of the affected consumers. The post Data Breach at Britain JD Sports leaks 10 million customers appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.
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The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer is Real, For Now
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 20, 2022
One reader’s copy of their Equifax Breach Settlement letter. In 2017, Equifax disclosed a massive, extended data breach that led to the theft of Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information on nearly 150 million people. In February 2020, the U.S.
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PACS vulnerabilities, data breach spur lawsuit against radiology specialists
SC Magazine
JULY 12, 2021
The radiology specialist and its vendor Alliance HealthCare are being sued by patients impacted by its nine-month, PACS-related health care data breach. The lawsuit was filed in the New York Southern District Court by some of the 298,532 patients impacted by a PACS-related data breach reported in March 2020.
Alina Lodge notifies patients of data breach tied to 2020 Blackbaud incident
SC Magazine
JUNE 18, 2021
The Blackbaud data breach was the largest health care-related incident of 2020, impacting an estimated two dozen providers and well over 10 million patients. Now, 2,565 patients of addiction treatment center Alina Lodge are being notified that their data was compromised during the massive vendor incident more than a year ago.
T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach, Says Too Early to Assess Damage
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 17, 2021
“In light of this, I would urge any customers who have been affected by this breach to be wary of any unexpected communications they might now receive, whether that’s over email, text messages or phone calls. Data breaches continue to be a scourge of enterprises. million – was down 20 percent. million – was down 20 percent.
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Email compromise leads to healthcare data breach at Kaiser Permanente
Malwarebytes
JUNE 15, 2022
At least 69,000 people have been impacted by a data breach at Kaiser Permanente, a long-running managed healthcare consortium. The latest in a long-running series of healthcare attacks, the road to stolen data began on April 5 this year with an email compromise. The direct path to data.
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T-Mobile customers were hit with SIM swapping attacks
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.
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News Corp says hackers first breached its systems between Feb 2020 and Jan 2022
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Now News Corp revealed that the threat actor behind the security breach first gained a foothold in the company infrastructure in February 2020. ” reads the data breach notification letters sent to employees and published by BleepingComputer. As soon as we became aware of the activity, we notified U.S.
Half of US Consumer’s Personal Data was stolen in 2021
CyberSecurity Insiders
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
This was revealed in a 2022 Consumer Impact report released by Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) on Tuesday this week. Astonishingly, most of the information steals cases where or are yet to be solved and surged to 55% from 30% between 2020 to 2021.
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ITRC Breach Annual Report: Key Findings
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization “established to support victims of identity crime.” The recently released Data Breach Annual Report provides statistics and perspectives on cyberattacks. There were 1,862 individual breaches last year, surpassing 2020’s.
Cyber Attack on France’s website leads to data breach
CyberSecurity Insiders
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
A sophisticated cyber attack launched on the visa website of French government has led to a data breach where sensitive info related to applicants such as nationalities, birth dates and passport numbers were exposed to hackers.
Authentication is Outdated: A New Approach to Identification
CyberSecurity Insiders
JULY 3, 2021
It’s still entirely too easy to steal someone’s credentials, which is why identity theft continues to be a primary cause of data breaches. It’s time to take a closer look at alternative identity management and authentication strategies. Cyberattacks designed to steal identity are on the rise.
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E-commerce app 21 Buttons exposes millions of users’ data
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 28, 2020
On 2 November 2020 vpnMentor experts discovered that the 21 Buttons app was using a misconfigured AWS bucket that has exposed the data of hundreds of influencers. “The company was storing over 50 million pieces of data from the app on a misconfigured AWS cloud storage bucket. 2020 Dates vendors contacted: 5th Nov.,
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3.4 Million user records from LiveAuctioneers hack available for sale
Security Affairs
JULY 14, 2020
Auctions platform LiveAuctioneers admitted to have suffered a data breach that likely impacted approximately 3.4 Auctions platform LiveAuctioneers disclosed a a data breach that might have impacted approximately 3.4 ” reads the data breach notification published by the company. million users.
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Credential stuffing attack targeted 300K+ Spotify users
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
” Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches. The exposed data could expose users to multiple malicious activities, including identity theft & fraud, scams, phishing and malware attacks, and of course account abuse.
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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 30, 2024
authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. The vulnerability exploited by the intruders was patched back in 2020, but the employee never updated his Plex software. 9, 2024, U.S.
World Password Day and the importance of password integrity
Webroot
MAY 3, 2022
That’s why maintaining password integrity helps protect our online lives and reduces the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft or data loss. The average cost of a data breach in 2021 rose to over 4 million dollars , increasing 10% from 2020. What is password integrity?
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Phone Numbers and Associated Profile Info of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online
Hot for Security
APRIL 5, 2021
The Ashley Madison data breach is a good example. In 2020, customers who had already endured the fallout from the breach were targeted once again, in new blackmail campaigns. Data breaches and leaks can have long-term consequences for victims. However, users shouldn’t bet on it.
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BEC Is 62 Times More Profitable than Ransomware, IC3 Finds
Hot for Security
MARCH 19, 2021
According to the report , in 2020 the IC3 received 19,369 business email compromise (BEC) / email account compromise (EAC) complaints “with adjusted losses of over $1.8 million in 2020. Losses registered in 2020 totaled $4.2 On the ransomware front, the IC3 received 2,474 complaints with adjusted losses of over $29.1
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Popular Marketing Tool exposes data of users of dating sites
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Leaked data could expose users to several malicious activities, including scams, identity theft, blackmail and extortion, and of course attack takeover. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.
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More Than SolarWinds: Supply Chain Attacks Increasing
SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) just released its 2020 Data Breach Report, which contains a brief but crucial section on the supply chain. How many supply chain cyber attacks occured in 2020? Why are supply chain cyber attacks increasing? 42,323,106 individuals impacted.
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