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APRIL 13, 2025

Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa confirms a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack. The company founded in 2001 offers prepaid and postpaid mobile plans, data bundles and internet services, fiber broadband, roaming and international calling, SIM-only plans and device deals.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

US marijuana dispensary STIIIZY warns customers of leaked IDs and passports following a November data breach. US marijuana dispensary STIIIZY disclosed a data breach after a vendor’s point-of-sale system was compromised by cybercriminals.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Retail Cybercrime Government 111

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JANUARY 26, 2025

The Change Healthcare data breach is worse than initially estimated: approximately 190 million people have been affected. The Change Healthcare data breach is worse than initially estimated, the incident has impacted 190 million people. reads an update published by the company on February 29, 2024. population.”

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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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APRIL 26, 2025

African multinational telecommunications company MTN Group disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ personal information. In April 2025, Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa, confirmed a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Financial Services Mobile 104

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MARCH 19, 2025

California Cryobank, the largest US sperm bank, suffered a data breach exposing customer information. The company disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ personal information. CCB discovered unauthorized activity on its IT systems on April 21, 2024, and promptly isolated the affected systems.

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Data breaches Banking Insurance Hacking 107

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APRIL 11, 2025

Laboratory Services Cooperative discloses a data breach from October 2024 that exposed personal and medical info of 1.6 Laboratory Services Cooperative disclosed a data breach that impacted the personal and medical information of 1.6 “The specific information involved is not the same for everyone.”

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APRIL 15, 2025

Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach after customer data was stolen via Cleo zero-day exploits in late 2024, affecting Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. Car rental giant Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach that impacted its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. In December 2024, the U.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

After the negotiation with the hospital failed, the Money Message group leaked the stolen data on January 26. Anna Jaques Hospital completed the forensic investigation on November 5, 2024 and determined that the incident impacted 316,342 patients. ” reads the notice of security incident shared with the Maine Attorney General.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2024 addressed 89 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-day flaws. CVE-2024-49039 : A Windows Task Scheduler privilege escalation flaw allows AppContainer escape, enabling low-privileged users to run code at Medium integrity.

Internet 126

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APRIL 5, 2025

Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. In August 2024, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle , which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The attack impacted websites and phone systems.

Data breaches 95

Data breaches Ransomware Cyber Attacks Manufacturing 95

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DECEMBER 29, 2024

notifies customers of credit card data breach, after threat actors hacked a third-party app from its e-commerce provider. disclosed a data breach that exposed its customers’ credit card data after threat actors hacked a third-party application from its e-commerce providerBigCommerce.

Data breaches 80

Data breaches Computers and Electronics Hacking Wireless 80

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JANUARY 16, 2025

The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. million individuals.

Data breaches 95

Data breaches Identity Theft Consumer Protection Data collection 95

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The July 2024 ransomware attack that hit the City of Columbus, Ohio, exposed the personal and financial data of 500,000 individuals. On July 18, 2024, the City of Columbus, Ohio, suffered a cyber attack that impacted the City’s services.

Ransomware 113

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Peruvian Interbank confirmed a data breach after threat actors accessed its systems and leaked stolen information online. Interbank disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the hack of the organization and leaked stolen data online. ” reads the statement published by the company.

Data breaches 127

Data breaches Financial Services Hacking Mobile 127

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MARCH 20, 2025

A data breach at the Pennsylvania State Education Association exposed the personal information of over 500,000 individuals. The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) suffered a data breach that impacted 517,487 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification.

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JULY 2, 2024

million individuals were affected by the data breach it suffered in February 2024. The insurance company Prudential Financial confirmed that the data breach it suffered in February 2024 affected over 2.5 The incident occurred on February 4, 2024, and was discovered on February 5, 2024.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Insurance Cyber Attacks Ransomware 140

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

According to other reports, most of that data is unstructured. As organizations deal with such high volumes of dark and unstructured data, most of this data contains sensitive information , making it a primary target for data breach attacks.

Data privacy 124

Data privacy Unstructured Data Risk Data breaches 124

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Universal Music Group notified hundreds of individuals about a data breach compromising their personal information. Universal Music Group is notifying 680 individuals about a data breach that compromised their personal information, including their Social Security number.

Data breaches 132

Data breaches Identity Theft Hacking Ransomware 132

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Texas Tech University reports a data breach affecting 1.4 million, exposing personal, health, and financial data from its health sciences centers. Texas Tech University disclosed a data breach that impacted over 1.4 ” reads the notice of security breach published by the HSCs.

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Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Cyber Attacks 58

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AUGUST 17, 2024

Background check service National Public Data confirms a data breach that exploded millions of social security numbers and other sensitive information. The company states that the security incident may have occurred in late December 2023, with potential leaks of certain data in April 2024 and summer 2024.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Hacking Accountability Cybersecurity 141

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Hackers are exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-8956 and CVE-2024-8957, in PTZOptics cameras. Threat actors are attempting to exploit two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-8956 and CVE-2024-8957 , in PTZOptics pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) live streaming cameras, GretNoise researchers warn.

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Firmware Manufacturing IoT Healthcare 120

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

238,000 Comcast customers were impacted by the FBCS data breach following the February ransomware attack, Comcast reports. Telecommunications giant Comcast is notifying approximately 238,000 customers impacted by the Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) data breach. reads the notice of data breach.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Ransomware Accountability 130

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised. million individuals were compromised.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Social Engineering 141

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APRIL 1, 2024

The OWASP Foundation disclosed a data breach that impacted some members due to a misconfiguration of an old Wiki web server. The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach that impacted some of its members. No joke, we did have a data breach in late March involving the resumes of our earliest members.

Data breaches 142

Data breaches Mobile Software Media 142

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Fortinet disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the theft of 440GB of files from the company’s Microsoft Sharepoint server. The threat actor taunted the company, doubting its capabilities even after the acquisition of firms specializing in cloud security and data loss prevention. the spokesman added.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Cybersecurity Cybercrime Hacking 140

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JANUARY 31, 2025

Community Health Center (CHC) data breach impacted over 1 million patients in Connecticut, the healthcare provider started notifying them. The healthcare provider is notifying over 1 million patients of a data breach that exposed their personal and medical data.

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Data breaches Healthcare Identity Theft Insurance 62

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is investigating a data breach affecting system and employee security. This comes after an individual claimed in a January 5 post on a popular hacking forum to have accessed 42,000 documents from ICAO, including personal information (PII).

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Information Security Hacking Marketing 98

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Exposed customers’ data includes First and last names, Phone numbers, Full postal addresses, Dates of birth, Emails, and more. “This suspected data breach reportedly affects Free Mobile and Freebox customers, with the data leak dating back to October 17, 2024, according to the cybercriminals.”

Cyber Attacks 124

Cyber Attacks Telecommunications Data breaches Banking 124

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The makers of Acunetix, Texas-based application security vendor Invicti Security , confirmed Silent Push’s findings, saying someone had figured out how to crack the free trial version of the software so that it runs without a valid license key. ” Constella also finds the same email registered at the website netguard[.]codes

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Despite being informed weeks prior, the organization’s failure to rotate exposed API keys, particularly the Zendesk token with access to over 800,000 support tickets, reflects poor incident response. Poor cyber hygiene increases the risk of further data breaches and could undermine user trust.

Internet 127

Internet Internet Data breaches Authentication 127

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have sharply increased in 2024, as shown by recent research from Safety Detectives. Compared to 2023, healthcare providers are facing a higher frequency of ransomware incidents, impacting their ability to deliver essential services and protect sensitive patient data. Louis, Missouri.

Healthcare 121

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

CISA adds Veeam Backup and Replication flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog North Korea-linked APT37 exploited IE zero-day in a recent attack Omni Family Health data breach impacts 468,344 individuals Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Two Sudanese (..)

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Data breaches Cybercrime Cyber Insurance Marketing 116

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JUNE 1, 2024

Ticketmaster owner Live Nation confirmed the Ticketmaster data breach that compromised the data of 560 million customers. TB of data, including full details of 560 million customers, for $500,000. Stolen data includes names, emails, addresses, phone numbers, ticket sales, and order details.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Hacking Accountability Risk 136

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JULY 17, 2024

The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals.

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Data breaches Retail Cyber Attacks Ransomware 129

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AUGUST 4, 2024

operating as National Public Data, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals in an April data breach. operating with the National Public Data, exposed the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals in a data breach that occurred in April. Jerico Pictures Inc.,

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