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Change Healthcare faces potential class action as lawsuits rack up
At least six federal lawsuits seeking class-action status were filed since the cyberattack, alleging the technology firm didn’t have reasonable cybersecurity measures.
By Emily Olsen • March 8, 2024 -
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Fidelity Investments Life Insurance says customer data breach linked to third-party hack
The incident at Infosys McCamish also led to a data breach of more than 57,000 Bank of America customers.
By David Jones • March 8, 2024 -
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Amex cardholder data exposed in merchant processor hack
The point-of-sale attack on a merchant processor may have compromised card numbers, expiration dates and cardholder names, Amex said in a state regulatory filing.
By Caitlin Mullen • March 5, 2024 -
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Bank of America customer data exposed in IT provider breach
Infosys McCamish Systems, which works closely with the lender, was impacted by the cybersecurity incident in November that exposed customer Social Security numbers and other account information.
By Rajashree Chakravarty , Naomi Eide • Feb. 13, 2024 -
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HHS settles cybersecurity investigation with Montefiore Medical Center
The nonprofit will pay $4.75 million to settle allegations that data security failures allowed an employee to steal and sell the protected health information of thousands of patients.
By Emily Olsen • Feb. 8, 2024 -
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Mortgage industry attack spree punctuates common errors
Attacks against Mr. Cooper Group, Fidelity National Financial, First American Financial and loanDepot impacted operations and put customers in a bind.
By Matt Kapko • Feb. 6, 2024 -
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AnyDesk initiates extensive credentials reset following cyberattack
The widely used remote access tool revoked all passwords to its web portal as researchers warn about potential theft of AnyDesk’s code signing certificate.
By Matt Kapko • Feb. 5, 2024 -
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Cloudflare hit by follow-on attack from previous Okta breach
A threat actor that previously intruded Cloudflare’s network through its Okta environment regained access with mistakenly unrotated credentials.
By Matt Kapko • Feb. 2, 2024 -
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MOVEit liabilities mount for Progress Software
The company revealed multiple government investigations are underway into the MOVEit vulnerability. It’s also party to more than 100 class-action lawsuits.
By Matt Kapko • Jan. 30, 2024 -
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Schneider Electric hit by ransomware attack against its sustainability business division
Cactus ransomware reportedly claimed credit for the mid-January attack, and the company unit hopes to restore operations in the next couple of days.
By David Jones • Jan. 30, 2024 -
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HPE hit by a monthslong cyberattack on its cloud-based email
The attack by Midnight Blizzard, the group that recently hit Microsoft, stole emails and data from HPE employees in cybersecurity and other business units.
By Matt Kapko • Jan. 25, 2024 -
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US data compromises surged to record high in 2023
Breached organizations are withholding critical information more often than ever, underscoring a trend toward opaque notices, the Identity Theft Resource Center said.
By Matt Kapko • Jan. 25, 2024 -
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VF Corp. cyberattack impacted 35.5M consumers
The North Face and Vans parent company originally reported the incident at the height of the holiday season.
By Kaarin Moore • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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The number of patient records exposed in data breaches doubled in 2023
Though the number of data breaches declined slightly from 2022, more than 116 million records were exposed last year, Fortified Health Security found.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 18, 2024 -
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Wealthy countries boast superior cyber defenses
A nation’s economic prosperity is directly linked to greater defense capabilities, but no country is overachieving in cyber defense, according to SecurityScorecard.
By Matt Kapko • Jan. 17, 2024 -
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Deep DiveProgress Software’s MOVEit meltdown: uncovering the fallout
Businesses use the file-transfer service because it checks the compliance boxes for keeping data safe. Though initial attacks were targeted, thousands of bystanding businesses were hit indiscriminately.
By Matt Kapko , Julia Himmel • Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Fidelity National Financial cyberattack impacts up to 1.3M customers
While data was stolen and the company faces lawsuits, it does not consider the attack material to the business.
By David Jones • Jan. 10, 2024 -
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How to ensure data privacy in a ChatGPT world
CISOs and CIOs have to balance the need to restrict sensitive data from generative AI tools with the need for businesses to use these tools to improve processes and increase productivity.
By Sue Poremba • Jan. 9, 2024 -
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LoanDepot caught in mortgage industry cyberattack spree
The non-bank mortgage lender is the fourth major real estate industry organization hit by a cyberattack since late October.
By Matt Kapko • Jan. 8, 2024 -
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Extent of a cyber specialist law firm’s data breach grows
A two-week long breach exposed a trove of highly sensitive information on Orrick’s clients. The pool of victims quadrupled between its July and December disclosures.
By Matt Kapko • Jan. 5, 2024 -
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Xerox discloses a subsidiary’s breach following ransomware claim of data theft
Inc, a relatively new threat group, previously claimed to have stolen company data.
By David Jones • Jan. 3, 2024 -
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First American Financial confirms threat actors stole and encrypted data
The title insurance giant said the cyberattack is contained, but it is still working to determine whether the incident will have a material impact.
By David Jones • Updated Jan. 4, 2024 -
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First American Financial takes systems offline after cyber incident
The incident comes just weeks after the title insurance firm reached a $1 million settlement with New York state financial regulators for a massive 2019 data breach that impacted 885 million customer records.
By David Jones • Updated Dec. 27, 2023 -
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Comcast’s Xfinity discloses massive data breach linked to CitrixBleed vulnerability
The breach, involving 35.9 million customers, took place just a week after Citrix released a patch for a critical flaw.
By David Jones • Dec. 19, 2023 -
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Henry Schein says 29K people affected in September cyberattack
The ransomware group AlphV/BlackCat claimed responsibility for the data breach and a second incident involving the company.
By Susan Kelly • Dec. 11, 2023
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