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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2022

One Vendor Linked to Vast Majority of Connecticut Exchange's Incidents Access Health, Connecticut's health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act, experienced dozens of mostly small data breaches over about a 3 1/2-year period, and the vast majority involved one contractor, says an auditor report that recommends the exchange make improvements (..)

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Business Associate Breaches Affect Millions Many of the major health data breaches added to the federal tally so far this year involve business associates, continuing a trend in recent years.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Medibank Extortionists Prove Their Hack and Vinomofo Data Turns Up on Forum Australia's data breach debacle expanded on Thursday. Cyber extortionists who attacked Australian health insurer Medibank provided proof of their hack of medical data.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Accuro Says Claims Processing Affected, No Evidence of Data Breach New Zealand private health insurer Accuro says an investigation into a cyber incident at a third party IT infrastructure provider so far has not revealed evidence of a data breach affecting its 34,000 customers.

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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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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

APRIL 4, 2024

US cancer center City of Hope suffered a data breach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. City of Hope suffered a data breach, the organization started notifying 827149 individuals that their personal and health information was compromised. medical record number).”

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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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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”), the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, would pay a $1 million penalty for violations of the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation in connection with a 2019 data breach.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2022

With more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches last year , and organisations spending almost £3 million on average responding to security incidents , effective risk management is a top priority. One of the most common ways to mitigate the risk of a cyber security incident is cyber insurance.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Governments Accuse Aleksandr Ermakov and REvil of Being Medibank Hackers The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom sanctioned a Russian man the governments say was behind the October 2022 hacking of Medibank, Australia's largest private health insurer.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 9, 2023

Class Action Suits Hit While Insurer Still Recovering From April Ransomware Attack An April ransomware attack that compromised the personal information of more than 2.5

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IT Governance

AUGUST 23, 2022

Cyber liability insurance helps organisations cover the financial costs of a data breach. Without insurance, organisations spend £3.6 By purchasing cyber liability insurance, organisations gain the resources they need at a fraction of the cost. What does cyber insurance include?

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Pharmaceutical giant Cencora suffered a cyber attack and threat actors stole data from its infrastructure. Pharmaceutical giant Cencora disclosed a data breach after it was the victim of a cyberattack. Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 21, 2023

2] In this context, the Directorate General of the French Treasury has put forward a plan of action with a view to clarifying the cyber-insurance legal framework, better gauging cyber-risks, and enhancing companies’ awareness as regards cyber-risks. 12-10-1 into the French Insurance code. However, in the end, Article L.12-10-1

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

McLaren Health Care (McLaren) experienced a data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of approximately 2.2 McLaren Health Care (McLaren) disclosed a data breach that occurred between late July and August. The security breach exposed the sensitive personal information of 2,192,515 people.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Impacted Clients, Lawsuits Pile Up; SEC Filing Provides Incident Details Despite the soaring list of customers reporting data breaches tied to the May ransomware attack on Blackbaud - and numerous legal actions filed against the company - the fundraising software vendor recently told Wall Street that it expects cyber insurance to cover the bulk of (..)

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 5, 2024

For instance, a two-month Europol action (revealed to the public on 22 December) discovered that 443 organisations had suffered data breaches – specifically, their customers’ payment card data had been compromised. This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected. We log this as 41 incidents. Where ‘up to’, etc.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 Compromised data may include the Social Security number (SSN), date of birth, driver’s license/state identification number, and taxpayer identification number. million “U.S.-based

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Healthcare services provider Welltok disclosed a data breach that impacted nearly 8.5 It provides a platform that leverages data-driven insights to engage individuals in their health and well-being. The company disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

American global apparel and footwear company VF Corp revealed that the December data breach impacted 35.5 “VF will be seeking reimbursement of costs, expenses and losses stemming from the cyber incident by submitting claims to VF’s cybersecurity insurers. million customers. In 2015, the company controlled 55% of the U.S.

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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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Data Breach Today

JUNE 26, 2019

Dominion National Says Recently Discovered Incident Dates Back to 2010 A dental and vision insurer's revelation that it recently discovered a 9-year-old data security incident offers an extreme example of the difficulty some organizations have in detecting data breaches.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 10, 2019

Million Settlement Would Be Largest Ever for a Data Breach, Plaintiffs Say Yahoo is hoping a revamped proposed breach-related settlement will pass muster with a federal judge who rejected the first one for myriad reasons, including high attorney fees and a lack of transparency. The settlement totals $117.5

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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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Data Breach Today

JUNE 5, 2023

Latest Breach Affects 234,000 Individuals; Involves Recent MCNA Insurance Co. Hack The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has reported to federal regulators its third major health data breach involving a vendor since April.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. million) Apria Healthcare suffers security breach (1.8

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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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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Insurer Says OneTouchPoint Was a Subcontractor Health insurer Aetna ACE reported to federal regulators a health data breach affecting nearly 326,000 individuals tied to an apparent ransomware incident involving OneTouchPoint, a subcontractor that provides printing and mailing services to one of the insurer's vendors.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 15, 2020

That’s why they organisations increasingly relying on cyber insurance policies to cover the costs when data breaches and cyber attacks occur. But just how helpful is cyber insurance? What is cyber insurance? How does cyber insurance work? What does a cyber insurance policy cover?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

867,072,315 records known to be breached. Introducing our Data Breach Dashboard We’re excited to introduce our new monthly Data Breach Dashboard – a one-page overview of this month’s key findings that you can download for free. Our first downloadable Dashboard is going live next week.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Analysis of the year’s breaches shows Finance and Insurance businesses are the most targeted and have lost a material count of records as a result.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 As the number and severity of data breaches continues to rise, organizations are recognizing that those costs are not theoretical. Cyber Insurance is Booming.

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