Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

The cyber attack on the Ohio Lottery on Christmas Eve exposed the personal data of over 538,000 individuals. On Christmas Eve, a cyberattack targeting the Ohio Lottery resulted in the exposure of personal data belonging to 538,959 individuals. The organization is notifying the impacted people.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The City of Tucson, Arizona disclosed a data breach, the incident was discovered in May 2022 and impacted 123,500 individuals. The security breach was discovered at the end of May 2022 and concluded the investigation in September. ” reads the data breach notice.”On ” states the letter. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 29, 2022

The airliner, that truly stands as a low-cost carrier, has suffered a data breach as per a report released to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT- In). Coming to the second news, it is related to cyber attack on an Indian telecom company named Vi aka Vodafone +Idea.

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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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has hit the news headlines for becoming a victim of a cyber attack that led to data breach of over 57,900 claimant accounts seeking unemployment benefits. The post Data breach news trending on Google Search Engine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2023

As the unsuccessful mayoral candidate was one victim of the data breach, the person is claiming $1 million as damages in the federal court. To those uninitiated, Latitude experienced a cyber-attack in March, leading to data steal of its 7.9 million customers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

In May, the company was forced to shut down its website and phone lines following a cyber attack, but it did not mention a ransomware attack. MediSecure has identified a cyber security incident impacting the personal and health information of individuals. .”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Succession Wealth, a financial wealth management service offering company, has released a press statement that a cyber attack targeted its servers and it can only reveal details after the investigation gets concluded. Prima Facie revealed that hackers accessed no client data in the attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We all known that a few weeks ago, American Telecom Giant T-Mobile experienced a cyber attack in which data related to over 54.6m Note 3- As the company failed to protect the information of its customers, it can face a serious financial penalty from the data watchdog soon.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Utah-based radiology medical center Utah Imaging Associates discloses a data breach that impacted 583,643 former and current patients. Utah Imaging Associates (UIA) discloses a security breach, on September 4, 2021 the company claims to have detected and blocked a cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

Often, such information is used by hackers to launch identity thefts, brute force attacks and other such digital invasions. The multimedia business provider says that all the passwords stored on its servers were hashed as per the basic cybersecurity hygiene and so, the damage with the data theft could be minimal.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Guardian’s Australian staff were targeted in a sophisticated cyber attack that led to the leak of personal information of 140 current and former staff members. The post Australia entities suffer Cyber Attacks and QUAD update appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole personal information from its email system. US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system. ” concludes the notice.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 30, 2023

JD Sports, Britain’s online retailer of branded sportswear, has reportedly become a victim of a cyber attack that leaked information of over 10 million customers. The post Data Breach at Britain JD Sports leaks 10 million customers appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Identity IQ

JULY 8, 2024

RockYou2024: Nearly 10 Billion Passwords Exposed in Data Leak IdentityIQ In a cybersecurity incident that has sent shockwaves through the online community, nearly 10 billion unique passwords have been exposed in the “RockYou2024” data breach. billion passwords. The additional 1.5

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

In May, the company was forced to shut down its website and phone lines following a cyber attack, but it did not mention a ransomware attack. MediSecure has identified a cyber security incident impacting the personal and health information of individuals. .”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Revolut that offers payment processing technology was targeted by a phishing attack recently, leading to data breach of thousands of customers from Lithuania and Europe. of its customers became targets to the sophisticated attack that took place on its servers on Sept 10th of this year.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

” reads the data breach notice issued by the company. “On April 11, 2020, Magellan discovered it was targeted by a ransomware attack. ” The company is not aware of any misuse of personal information stolen during the attack. ” concludes the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 9, 2022

IKEA has admitted that its Canadian wing has become a victim of a large data breach that could have spilled personal details of approximately 95,000 customers to hackers. Good news is no car data or other banking information was available for access to the cyber criminals.

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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. This week, Cognizant reported to the Office of the Attorney General of California that intruders were able to exfiltrated “a limited amount of data from Cognizant’s systems.”.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

. “The leak of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) poses a huge risk to both individuals and organizations, potentially leading to financial losses, identity theft, reputational damage, and increased susceptibility to cyber attacks,” CloudSEK notified relevant authorities and potentially impacted organizations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 8, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Medical Review Institute of America (“MRIoA”), an organization providing clinical peer reviews, on behalf of some of its health plan, health care provider and other customers, is notifying certain individuals whose information was affected by a recent data security incident.

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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.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, contact information, health card numbers, and for approximately 85,000 customers their lab test results. ” said Brown.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Like any large organization with a global presence, we know the Department is a constant target for cyber attacks,” states the US State Department. The Agency claimed it took steps to secure its system, and it is offering three years of credit and identity theft monitoring to the affected employees. “Sens.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Impact on patients The breach has caused widespread anxiety and concern among Fred Hutch patients. Many worry about the potential misuse of their sensitive information, including identity theft and medical fraud.

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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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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

Major public breaches have severely impacted other luxury brands in the past. The non-profit Identify Theft Resource Center's most recent data breach analysis supports this observation, showing a decline in the number of victims per compromise, indicating a rise in targeted attacks."

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

[If you are not familiar with the attack, read some of our past SecureWorld articles covering the SolarWinds attack.]. Now comes new research that reveals a surgning number of supply chain cyber attacks, like the one that caught SolarWinds. Why are supply chain cyber attacks increasing?

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Kindergarten through 12th-grade schools are also targeted by cybercriminals with hacks, ransomware, phishing scams, data breaches and more. According to the K-12 Security Information Exchange , last year set a record of cyber incidents in schools, with 408 disclosed incidents. Why K-12 Schools are Experiencing Cyber-Attacks.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reveals cyberattacks and data breaches targeted at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continue to climb, reaching their highest levels in the three years of the study.

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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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The investigation conducted by News Corporation (News Corp) revealed that attackers remained on its network for two years. In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

From personal information like Social Security numbers and addresses to sensitive financial details, banks store a treasure trove of data that, if compromised, can lead to identity theft, fraud, and significant financial loss for individuals.

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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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