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Charlotte man loses more than $1 million in cryptocurrency phone scam
Action 5 News reports a real-life example of a consumer who was scammed into revealing his cryptocurrency wallet seed phrase — with all-too-sad and predictable results: A Charlotte man lost more than $1 million in cryptocurrency after falling victim to a phone scam that began with a caller claiming to be from a legitimate crypto […]
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Ars Technica reports: Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found. The links are sent to people seeking a range of services, including those offering insurance quotes, job […]
Future Apple product plans may be at risk following Luxshare hack
Apple Insider reports: Apple supply chain member Luxshare suffered a major data breach in December, and hackers that pilfered the files are now offering it for sale on the dark web. It looks legit. The Apple supply chain is typically a very secure system, and core to the existence of Apple itself. This leads it […]
DOGE improperly shared Social Security data: Filing
The Hill reports: Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) improperly shared Social Security data through a third-party server, according to a recent court filing from the Justice Department. The DOGE team embedded at the Social Security Administration (SSA) used Cloudflare, which was not approved for storing agency data, to share data during a 10-day period in March, the […]
Monroe University data breach affected 321,000
The Minnesota Department of Human Services’ vendor breach was not the only recent breach disclosed that affected more than 300,000 people. Monroe University in New York also disclosed a breach involving a lot of sensitive information. From their January 13 notification letter: We are posting this notice to inform our community of a data security […]
Minnesota Department of Human Services data breach impacts 304K
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports: A breach in a Minnesota Department of Human Services system allowed inappropriate access to the private data of nearly 304,000 people. There is not evidence the data was misused, the department said in a Jan. 16 letter notifying impacted individuals. The letter was sent about four months after the breach […]
TriZetto Provider Solutions Issues Data Breach Notifications to HIPAA Covered Entities
The HIPAA Journal reports: TriZetto Provider Solutions, a Cognizant-owned provider of revenue management services to physicians, hospitals, and health systems, has started notifying certain healthcare clients about a recently identified cybersecurity incident. On October 2, 2025, suspicious activity was identified within a web portal used by some of its healthcare provider customers to access TriZetto […]
Over 160,000 Companies Notify Regulators of GDPR Breaches
Infosecurity Magazine reports: The number of organizations notifying their GDPR regulator of a data breach surged by 22% to a daily average of 443 in 2025, according to DLA Piper. The global law firm has been analyzing GDPR regulatory activity every year since the data protection regulation came into being in 2018. The past 12 months […]