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AssuranceAmerica Breach Hits 7 Million: Credit Freeze Alone Won’t Protect You

TechTimes reports: Notification letters from a company called AssuranceAmerica began arriving in mailboxes on July 10 — and if one reached yours, you are among 6,998,886 people whose driver’s license numbers, insurance records, and in many cases Social Security numbers were stolen in a March cyberattack. The breach is the largest known exposure of Americans’ driver’s license data in 2026, as documented in Indiana and Maine AG filings. A credit freeze is your first and most important step — but it

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Ryuk operator pleads guilty; Blackcat/AlphV conspirator gets nearly 6-year sentence

The Record reports two wins for law enforcement this week. U.S. prosecutors announced two milestones this week in their cases against major ransomware groups. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud. For about six months beginning in November 2019, he accessed companies’ computer networks to deploy Ryuk ransomware, prosecutors said. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, received a 70-month federal prison sentence in a Florida court for helping the Blackcat/AlphV

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Accenture admits to ‘isolated matter’ after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul

The Register reports: Accenture has confirmed an “isolated matter” after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant’s internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register, appeared on a cybercrime forum on July 6 under the title “Accenture Data Breach,” posted by a user with the handle “888.” The seller claimed the stolen archive contained source code alongside RSA keys, SSH keys, Azure Personal Access Tokens

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Major medical device manufacturer notifies nearly 4 million of breach

The Record reports: The world’s largest medical device company is notifying more than 3.8 million people that their data may have been exposed in an attack reportedly linked to the ShinyHunters cybercrime group. On April 24, Medtronic confirmed an unauthorized party had accessed data in certain corporate IT systems, but said it had not identified any “connections to our customers.” But on June 29, the California Attorney General released a copy of Medtronic’s notification letter, which warned that “as a patient with

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Silent Ransom Group adds Fox Rothschild to list of law firms attacked

CNN reports: When an executive at a US law firm’s phone rang in April, the voice on the other end was urgent: A computer virus was spreading through the firm. The caller said they were from IT support and needed physical access to the lawyer’s computer because remote fixes to stop the attack weren’t working. The lawyer told his purported colleague to swing by his desk at the law firm’s office in New Jersey. The next day, the firm’s receptionist

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

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AssuranceAmerica Breach Hits 7 Million: Credit Freeze Alone Won’t Protect You

TechTimes reports: Notification letters from a company called AssuranceAmerica began arriving in mailboxes on July 10 — and if one reached yours, you are among 6,998,886 people whose driver’s license numbers, insurance records, and in many cases Social Security numbers were stolen in a March cyberattack. The breach is the largest known exposure of Americans’ driver’s license data in 2026, as documented in Indiana and Maine AG filings. A credit freeze is your first and most important step — but it

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Ryuk operator pleads guilty; Blackcat/AlphV conspirator gets nearly 6-year sentence

The Record reports two wins for law enforcement this week. U.S. prosecutors announced two milestones this week in their cases against major ransomware groups. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud. For about six months beginning in November 2019, he accessed companies’ computer networks to deploy Ryuk ransomware, prosecutors said. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, received a 70-month federal prison sentence in a Florida court for helping the Blackcat/AlphV

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Accenture admits to ‘isolated matter’ after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul

The Register reports: Accenture has confirmed an “isolated matter” after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant’s internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register, appeared on a cybercrime forum on July 6 under the title “Accenture Data Breach,” posted by a user with the handle “888.” The seller claimed the stolen archive contained source code alongside RSA keys, SSH keys, Azure Personal Access Tokens

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Major medical device manufacturer notifies nearly 4 million of breach

The Record reports: The world’s largest medical device company is notifying more than 3.8 million people that their data may have been exposed in an attack reportedly linked to the ShinyHunters cybercrime group. On April 24, Medtronic confirmed an unauthorized party had accessed data in certain corporate IT systems, but said it had not identified any “connections to our customers.” But on June 29, the California Attorney General released a copy of Medtronic’s notification letter, which warned that “as a patient with

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