Security Affairs

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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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2019

The New York Times reported earlier today that it was thought to be the largest settlement ever paid by a company over a data breach, but that statement doesn’t appear anywhere in their current story. – Help with ongoing identity theft issues: Up to seven years of “free assisted identity restoration services.”

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Sensitive Data Theft and Exposure: Cybercriminals have reportedly stolen up to 120 TB of data in 2024 from healthcare providers alone. This stolen data is often exposed on both the clear and dark web, heightening risks of identity theft and further perpetuating cybercrime.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2020

The world’s largest travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses a data breach that took place last year and which exposed the personal information of its customers. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest travel leisure company, discloses a data breach that took place in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

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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Data breaches Identity Theft Cybersecurity Hacking 130

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

SuperCare Health, a California based healthcare firm that deals with patients suffering from respiratory ailments, has posted a data breach notice on its website. Currently, there is no evidence that the stolen details were used/being used in any of the identity theft campaigns.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Healthcare Phishing 138

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a data breach that exposed data of 341650 people. GMA disclosed a data breach that impacted medicare and other information belonging to 5465 people. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Insurance Hacking 138

Adam Levin

JULY 22, 2019

Equifax has reached a settlement for the 2017 data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and personal information of nearly 150 million people. The remainder is earmarked for a restitution fund to provide up to $20,000 in compensation and credit monitoring for a maximum of ten years to consumers affected by the breach. .

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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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Data breaches Engineering Identity Theft Social Engineering 145

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 21, 2024

Recently, I received a letter in the mail from a company about a data breach. The attacker had also accessed sensitive files and customer health data. However, this time it wasn’t my own data that was stolen. Protect your—and your family’s—personal information by using identity protection.

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Identity Theft Data breaches Passwords Insurance 128

Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2024

Prescription service firm Sav-Rx disclosed a data breach that potentially impacted over 2.8 Prescription service company Sav-Rx disclosed a data breach after 2023 cyberattack. The company is notifying 2,812,336 individuals impacted by the security breach in the United States. million people in the United States.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

Panda Restaurant Group disclosed a data breach that occurred in March, resulting in the theft of associates’ personal information. Panda Restaurant Group disclosed a data breach that occurred in March, resulting in the theft of personal information belonging to its associates.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Hacking Accountability 135

Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

WebTPA, a third-party administrator that provides healthcare management and administrative services, disclosed a data breach. The US company disclosed a data breach that impacted almost 2.5 Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach)

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Data breaches Healthcare Insurance Identity Theft 138

Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Tucson Data Breach is a recent data breach that occurred in the city of Tucson, Arizona. The breach affected approximately 1.2 The Tucson Data Breach is one of the largest data breaches to ever occur in the United States.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Cybersecurity 124

Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

The issue was first reported by the cybersecurity site KrebsOnSecurity. . 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.

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Risk Identity Theft Data breaches VPN 218

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 20, 2021

Campbell Conroy & O’Neil’s law firm has issued a public statement early today that it was a victim of a ransomware attack on February 27th,2021 and the incident could have led to a potential data breach that is under serious investigation. Wonder why the company was storing medical and health insurance data of its clients…?

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Data breaches Ransomware Identity Theft Insurance 144

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Fashion retailer Forever 21 disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500,000 individuals. The company immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of leading cybersecurity firms. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.

Retail 139

Retail Data breaches Identity Theft Banking 139

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2024

Kootenai Health suffered a data breach impacting over 464,000 patients following a 3AM ransomware attack. Kootenai Health disclosed a data breach impacting over 464,088 patients following the leak of their personal information by the ThreeAM (3AM) ransomware gang. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2022

There’s no denying that cybersecurity is now an integral part of every business that wants to avoid being a victim of identity theft, data breaches, and other cyber risks. The post The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity appeared first on EasyDMARC. Cybercriminals are […].

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Artificial Intelligence Identity Theft Cybersecurity Cyber Risk 145

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published a report on The State of IT Security in Germany in 2023 , and the number one threat for consumers is… identity theft. What to do in the event of a data breach Check the vendor’s advice.

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Identity Theft Data breaches Artificial Intelligence Passwords 112

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The US State of Maine says it has suffered a data breach impacting around 1.3 The type of stolen data varies from person to person, likely because the data breach affected multiple agencies in the State. The breach also impacted several other departments. million people. Watch out for phishing emails, too.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Identity Theft Insurance Education 124

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. We launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists, to determine the nature and scope of the event. The investigation is ongoing.”

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Data breaches Identity Theft Accountability Scams 134

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. Once more, a heavily protected enterprise network has been pillaged by data thieves. We all know security is hard.

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Mobile Data breaches Authentication Accountability 235

Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2024

Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) revealed that the 2023 data breach following the LockBit ransomware attack impacted 6 million individuals. McCamish immediately launched an investigation into the incident and worked on the remediation with the help of cybersecurity consultants.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Insurance Ransomware 108

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

” reads the data breach notice issued by the company. As the investigation unveiled, the threat actors behind the ransomware attack were able to steal and exfiltrate “a subset of data from a single Magellan corporate server,” including sensitive personal information. . ” concludes the company.

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Data breaches Healthcare Ransomware Identity Theft 144

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Insurance giant CNA notifies customers of a data breach after the Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack suffered in March. US insurance giant CNA is notifying customers of a data breach after the ransomware attack that it suffered in March. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted customers.

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Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Identity Theft 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 22, 2022

Often data stored in such formats gets stolen or is fraudulently accessed, leading to cyber frauds such as identity thefts. So, as per the latest announcement, CafePress’s former owner must pay half a million penalty and should take cybersecurity measures to stop user data from being accessed by hackers.

Data breaches 127

Data breaches Retail Identity Theft Authentication 127

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). Other sensitive details such as identity information and travel info along with payment card info were not leaked in the attack, as it was being stored on a separate server.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Scams Cyber Attacks 117

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

. “On or about December 24, 2023, the Ohio Lottery detected unauthorized access to our internal office network as a result of a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the exposure of the data we maintain. The incident did not impact the gaming network,” reads the notice of data breach sent to the impacted individuals.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Cybercrime Cyber Attacks 126

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. Utah Imaging Associates also notified the U.S.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Healthcare Insurance 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2023

Australian firm Latitude Financial Services is hitting news headlines as a cyber attack on its servers has led to the data breach of 225,000 customers. Among the stolen data, a majority of the documents are related to driving licenses, employee login details, and such. The company which has over 2.8

Financial Services 110

Financial Services Identity Theft Social Engineering Cyber Attacks 110

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2022

A Michigan based American bank named Flagstar Bank has sent notification to almost all its customers about a data breach that took place in December last year. As of now, there is no evidence of data misuse or information sale on the web. The impact details are yet to be known. .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This breach, orchestrated by a hacker known as “Satanic,” highlights the vulnerability of even seemingly secure online platforms. The leaked data, which includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, and location data, poses significant risks to the affected individuals.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Data privacy Risk 115

Identity IQ

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Scheumack is a cybersecurity expert with more than 20 years of experience in the financial, credit, and identity theft protection industries. Scheumack is a cybersecurity expert with more than 20 years of experience in the financial, credit, and identity theft protection industries.

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Identity Theft Marketing Education Scams 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“The City of Columbus’ continuing investigation of a July 18 cybersecurity incident has found that a foreign cyber threat actor attempted to disrupt the city’s IT infrastructure, in a possible effort to deploy ransomware and solicit a ransom payment from the city. ” reported Tech Crunch. .

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Ransomware Identity Theft Data breaches Cyber threats 114

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach impacting 58,000 customers, attackers gained unauthorized access to a server via GitLab flaw. US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a company server by exploiting a GitLab vulnerability.

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