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UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a third-party data breach exposing military personnel data 

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The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach at a third-party payroll system that exposed data of armed forces personnel and veterans. The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach impacting a third-party payroll system that exposed data of approximately 272,000 armed forces personnel and veterans.

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Chinese Military personnel charged with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax

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The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax.

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UK printing company Doxzoo exposed US and UK military docs

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UK printing company Doxzoo exposed hundreds of gigabytes of information, including documents related to the US and British military. “There are potentially over 100,000 users affected by this data leak, with implications not only for copyright violations, but also American and British military data exposure.”

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Healthcare giant Magellan Health discloses data breach after ransomware attack

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is an American for-profit managed health care company, its customers include health plans and other managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and governmental agencies and third-party administrators. ” reads the data breach notice issued by the company. Magellan Health Inc. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Pentagon Defense Department travel records data breach

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Pentagon – Defense Department travel records suffered a data breach that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. military and civilian personnel. The data breach could have happened some months ago and could have affected as many as 30,000 workers.

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UK FCA Fines Equifax 11 Million Pounds for 2017 Data Breach

Data Breach Today

Fine Imposed for Failing to Protect UK Customer Data and Misleading Britons A British financial regulator fined American credit reporting agency Equifax 11 billion pounds for its role in one of the world's largest data breaches.

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Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

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Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). The post Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs.