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Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a databreach that exposed data of 341650 people. GMA disclosed a databreach that impacted medicare and other information belonging to 5465 people. ” reads the databreach notification.
Texas Tech University reports a databreach affecting 1.4 million, exposing personal, health, and financial data from its health sciences centers. Texas Tech University disclosed a databreach that impacted over 1.4 million individuals following a cyber attack.
Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe disclosed a databreach that took place in early 2023, which impacted roughly 600,000 individuals. The law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, disclosed a databreach that impacted 638,000 individuals. ” reads the databreach notification.
Kootenai Health suffered a databreach impacting over 464,000 patients following a 3AM ransomware attack. Kootenai Health disclosed a databreach impacting over 464,088 patients following the leak of their personal information by the ThreeAM (3AM) ransomware gang. ” reads the databreach notification letter.
US cancer center City of Hope suffered a databreach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. City of Hope suffered a databreach, the organization started notifying 827149 individuals that their personal and health information was compromised. medical record number).”
Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a databreach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a databreach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023. Norton Healthcare is offering impacted individuals two years of credit monitoring.
Medusind, a medical billing provider, disclosed a databreach that occurred in December 2023 and affected over 360,000 individuals. The company disclosed a databreach discovered on December 29, 2023, that impacted 360,934 individuals. ” reads the databreach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.
Colonial Pipeline discloses a databreach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, databreach). The post Colonial Pipeline discloses databreach after May ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs.
The Australian government announced sanctions for a member of the REvil ransomware group for the Medibank hack that occurred in 2022. The Australian government announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov (aka GustaveDore, aiiis_ermak, blade_runner, JimJones), a Russian national who is a member of the REvil ransomware group.
Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a databreach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. “Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.” Pierluigi Paganini.
Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a databreach 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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Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware databreach incident. “In October last year, the ACCC granted authorisation for MediSecure to transfer all publicly- funded electronic prescriptions and data to eRx.” million customers.
US cookware distributor giant Meyer Corporation discloses a databreach that affected thousands of its employees. Meyer Corporation, the second-largest cookware distributor globally, has disclosed a databreach that affects thousands of its employees. ” reported the databreach notification letter.
Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental disclosed a databreach that impacted more than 8.9 Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental suffered a databreach that impacted 8,923,662 patients. MCNA Dental is one of the largest US dental care and oral health insurance providers. million individuals.
The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a huge trove of documents from the British insurance company Hiscox, Hackers stole “hundreds of thousands of documents,” including tens of thousands files related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “ There’s five layers to go. Layer 1, 2, 3, 4, and fine finally Layer 5.
The drug testing firm Hammersmith Medicines Research LTD (HMR), which performs live trials of Coronavirus vaccines, discloses a databreach. ” reads the databreach notification published by the company. The research firm revealed that many of the government IDs exposed in the databreach have since expired.
With more than 1,200 publicly disclosed databreaches 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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That’s why they organisations increasingly relying on cyber insurance policies to cover the costs when databreaches 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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Welcome to our latest monthly review of databreaches and cyber attacks. You can find the full list of databreaches below, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Databreaches. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.
It has been another month of comparatively few reported cyber attacks and databreaches, with our August list containing 84 incidents accounting for 60,865,828 breached records. You can that incident, along with our full list of cyber attacks and databreaches, below – with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold.
“Our investigation was done in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals who regularly investigate and analyze these types of situations to help determine whether any sensitive data had been compromised because of the incident. Emergency care and patient admissions remained unaffected during the incident.
In some cases, attackers are even leveraging the threat of regulatory actions or causing cyber insurance policies to be rendered moot by reporting lapses in security on the part of the victim to regulators and insurers. In fact, the cost to victims from ransomware attacks is estimated to reach $265 billion (USD) annually by 2031.
The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.
Welcome to our new-look list of databreaches and cyber attacks. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest databreach news. His research also revealed that the stolen data contains 305 lines of data, including 74.4
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) disclose a databreach after MOVEit attack on IBM. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) disclosed a databreach that impacted more than four million individuals. ” reads the reads the notice. by the company.
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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 databreach that occurred in February 2022.
And don’t forget to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest industry news and advice – including our Q2 review of databreaches and cyber attacks, based on these lists, which will be published in early July. Databreaches. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.
Welcome to our February 2023 list of databreaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified 106 publicly disclosed incidents accounting for 29,582,356 breached records this month. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses.
Welcome to our November 2022 review of databreaches and cyber attacks. We identified 95 security incidents throughout the month, accounting for 32,051,144 breached records. The first was a databreach at Twitter, in the latest PR disaster for the social media giant. Databreaches. Cyber attacks.
Welcome to our October 2022 review of databreaches and cyber attacks. By contrast, comparatively little personal data was breached, with our figures confirming that at least 9,990,855 records were compromised. For now, it’s unclear what damage the data could cause if exposed, so we’ve omitted the figure from our tally.
Although there will be some debate about the usefulness of including the 772,904,991 records from the Collection #1 breach – which comprises data stolen from a number of historic databreaches – even without them, the number of breached records still stands at just under 1 billion records for January 2019.
In October, we discovered 94 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 51,248,331 breached records. The majority of those records came from a cyber attack in which a hacker accessed Argentina’s government ID database, with every citizen of the country thought to be affected. Databreaches. Databreaches.
Organisations are facing a war on databreaches, so it’s imperative that ‘know your enemy’ becomes part of their battle tactics. Databreaches come in various forms and sizes – not all incidents are caused by sophisticated cyber attacks. Are you prepared for a databreach? Employee negligence/error.
Department of Justice (DOJ) said today it seized the website and user database for RaidForums , an extremely popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest databreaches since 2015. Coelho landed on the radar of U.S.
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IT Governance found 73 publicly disclosed security incidents in August 2023, accounting for 79,729,271 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, databreaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.
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