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California AG’s lawsuit claims 23andMe hack exposed 855,000 Californians’ genetic data

KRCR reports: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit Thursday against genetic testing company 23andMe, now known as Chrome Holding Company, accusing the company of failing to protect millions of users’ sensitive genetic information during a massive 2023 data breach. According to the lawsuit, the breach exposed the personal information of nearly 7 million users nationwide, including more than 855,000 Californians. State investigators say hackers were able to remain inside the company’s systems undetected for about five months. The complaint

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Silent Ransom Group is sending fake IT support people to your workplace to steal your data

You’ve trained your employees well to avoid falling for phishing or social engineering attempts. Have you trained them on what to do when someone shows up who appears to be from your firm’s IT support? The Record reports: A cyber extortion group linked to the now-defunct Conti ransomware syndicate is increasingly targeting U.S. law firms through a mix of phishing, fake IT support calls, and even in-person visits to steal sensitive data, according to a new FBI warning. In a public

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Beacon Mutual Insurance notifies more than 131,000 RI residents of data breach

WJAR reports: A data breach four months ago has Warwick-based Beacon Mutual Insurance notifying people whose personal information was compromised in the incident. A message on the company website states more than 131,000 people in Rhode Island are impacted. NBC 10 News has learned the number includes thousands of state workers. Files that were hacked included Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and health information, according to the company. According to the message on its website, and a letter shown to NBC

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TeamPCP Poisons 500+ Open Source Tools, Breaches GitHub

Technology.org reports: The group behind it, a fast-rising crew called TeamPCP, says it reached roughly 4,000 of GitHub’s code repositories. GitHub confirmed the breach Tuesday night and counted at least 3,800 compromised repositories, all of them holding GitHub’s own code rather than customer data, according to what it has found so far. For years, supply chain attacks were the rare horror story of security work. One corrupted application could quietly become an attacker’s doorway into an entire network. TeamPCP turned

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NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical and biometric data affecting at least 1.8 million patients

TechCrunch reports: New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people. NYCHHC is the largest public health system in the United States and provides healthcare to over a million New Yorkers, the majority of whom are uninsured or receive state healthcare benefits, such as Medicaid. The healthcare system reported the number to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

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California AG’s lawsuit claims 23andMe hack exposed 855,000 Californians’ genetic data

KRCR reports: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit Thursday against genetic testing company 23andMe, now known as Chrome Holding Company, accusing the company of failing to protect millions of users’ sensitive genetic information during a massive 2023 data breach. According to the lawsuit, the breach exposed the personal information of nearly 7 million users nationwide, including more than 855,000 Californians. State investigators say hackers were able to remain inside the company’s systems undetected for about five months. The complaint

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Silent Ransom Group is sending fake IT support people to your workplace to steal your data

You’ve trained your employees well to avoid falling for phishing or social engineering attempts. Have you trained them on what to do when someone shows up who appears to be from your firm’s IT support? The Record reports: A cyber extortion group linked to the now-defunct Conti ransomware syndicate is increasingly targeting U.S. law firms through a mix of phishing, fake IT support calls, and even in-person visits to steal sensitive data, according to a new FBI warning. In a public

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Beacon Mutual Insurance notifies more than 131,000 RI residents of data breach

WJAR reports: A data breach four months ago has Warwick-based Beacon Mutual Insurance notifying people whose personal information was compromised in the incident. A message on the company website states more than 131,000 people in Rhode Island are impacted. NBC 10 News has learned the number includes thousands of state workers. Files that were hacked included Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and health information, according to the company. According to the message on its website, and a letter shown to NBC

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TeamPCP Poisons 500+ Open Source Tools, Breaches GitHub

Technology.org reports: The group behind it, a fast-rising crew called TeamPCP, says it reached roughly 4,000 of GitHub’s code repositories. GitHub confirmed the breach Tuesday night and counted at least 3,800 compromised repositories, all of them holding GitHub’s own code rather than customer data, according to what it has found so far. For years, supply chain attacks were the rare horror story of security work. One corrupted application could quietly become an attacker’s doorway into an entire network. TeamPCP turned

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