Security Affairs

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. ” reads the data breach notification letter shared with Maine Attorney General.”Out

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 13, 2024

I decided to write this post because there's no concise way to explain the nuances of what's being described as one of the largest data breaches ever. But hyperbole is often a theme with incidents like this, so let's take the headlines with a grain of salt and see what the data tells us. Thanks guys.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Mexico’s president announced the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack that targeted the administration’s legal affairs office. Today they are going to send me a report on the supposed hacking.” Ransomhub claimed to have stolen 313 gigabytes of data from the Mexican government office.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2025

A recovery team, with help from a cybersecurity firm, worked to restore systems and assess the attack’s scope, including its potential impact on patient data. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,data breach)

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 20, 2020

To help mitigate the risk of financial losses, more companies are turning to cyber insurance. Related: Bots attack business logic Cyber insurance, like other forms of business insurance, is a way for companies to transfer some of numerous potential liability hits associated specifically with IT infrastructure and IT activities.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 12, 2018

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2024

Insurance broker Keenan and Associates is notifying more than 1.5 According to a letter being sent to potential victims, the attackers hacked into the California-based company’s internal systems multiple times between August 21 and 27, gaining access. The post Insurance Broker Keenan Says 1.5

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2024

The academic medical center of the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, suffered a data breach that impacted 56953 patients. Michigan Medicine notified patients of the data breach. ” reads the data breach notification published by the organization.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

If a company you do business with becomes part of a data breach, cybercriminals may have full access to your confidential information. Unfortunately, data breaches are on the rise and affecting more companies and consumers than ever. billion people received notices that their information was exposed in a data breach.

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Security Affairs

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. The compromised data varies for each individual.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Okta warns approximately 5,000 employees that their personal information was compromised due to a third-party vendor data breach. ” reads the data breach notification sent to the impacted individuals and shared with the Office of the Maine Attorney General.

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Security Affairs

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 Prudential Financial confirmed that more than 2.5 million individuals.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The personal information of thousands of Israeli citizens has been compromised as the result of a cyberattack on Shirbit, a leading insurance company. . Data compromised in the hack included identification numbers, drivers’ licenses, email and mailing addresses, and automobile registration forms.

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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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Security Affairs

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 terabytes of data, including patient data, medical research, and a large set of SQL databases.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

for stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. A week after breaking the story about the 2013 data breach at Target, KrebsOnSecurity published Who’s Selling Cards from Target? “I’m also godfather of his second son.” Image: U.S.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 15, 2019

Hacker Paige Thomson, main suspect in the recent Capital One data breach, may also be responsible for hacking as many as 30 other companies and organizations. . The Capital One data breach compromised over 144,000 Social Security numbers and a million Canadian Social Insurance numbers from credit card applications.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2021

Car insurance provider Geico has suffered a data breach, attackers have stolen the driver’s licenses for policyholders for several weeks. Geico, the second-largest auto insurer in the U.S., ” reads the data breach notification filed by Geico with the California Attorney General’s office.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

American retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories AutoZone discloses a data breach after a MOVEit attack. AutoZone disclosed a data breach resulting from the hack of their MOVEit Transfer installation. million Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America 2.6 million Genworth 2.5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Advocate Aurora Health(AAH), a medical services provider serving Wisconsin and Illinois populace, was hit by a data breach affecting over 3,000,000 patients. Moreover, the tool is being used by other hospitals in the country and so it could lead to more such data breaches in near time. million patients. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2024

The American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation disclosed a data breach following the cyber attack that hit the company in June. The American drugstore chain giant Rite Aid suffered a data breach following a cyberattack in June conducted by the RansomHub ransomware group. 148 in the Fortune 500 in 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk. Often inadvertent data breaches stem from a well-meaning employee trying to meet the needs of clients but without the technical systems to facilitate.

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Security Affairs

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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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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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

JANUARY 6, 2024

Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe disclosed a data breach that took place in early 2023, which impacted roughly 600,000 individuals. The law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, disclosed a data breach that impacted 638,000 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to sensitive personal and financial data. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is warning customers it has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 22, 2021

A member of the REvil ransomware gang claims that the group specifically targets firms who have taken our cyber insurance. And what's more, it will hack insurance firms to identify them.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Magellan Health, a for-profit managed health care and insurance firm, was the victim of a ransomware attack. Magellan Health is a for-profit managed health care and insurance firm that ranks 417 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest US corporations by total revenue. ” reads the data breach notice issued by the company.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

Healthcare technology company HealthEC disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of 4.5 Healthcare technology company HealthEC (HEC) disclosed a data breach that impacted 4.5 million Individuals. million customers of its business partners. ” reads a notice published by the company on its website.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Linus Larsson , the journalist who broke the story, says the hacked material was uploaded to a public server during the second half of September, and it is not known how many people may have gained access to it. The REvil actor claimed that on average roughly one in three of its victims agrees to pay an extortion fee.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

million Texas drivers has been exposed in a data breach caused by a human error. The company disclosed this security breach this week, data was stored on an unsecured external storage service and they were accessed by an external party. ” states the data breach notification published by the software provider.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 1, 2023

This legal turn is supported by a study conducted by BakerHostetler, which confirms that lawsuits against companies that suffer data breaches are becoming more common and may increase by the end of this year. Now the big question: Is there any benefit in filing a lawsuit against the technology service provider for a data breach?

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