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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 […]
$2.75M American Addiction Centers data breach class action settlement
Top Class Actions reports: American Addiction Centers Inc. agreed to a $2.75 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to adequately protect patients’ private information. The settlement benefits individuals whose personal information was potentially compromised in a data breach involving American Addiction Centers on or about Sept. 26, 2024, and who were […]
Law enforcement tracks ransomware group blamed for massive financial losses
Help Net Security reports: Law enforcement agencies in Ukraine and Germany have identified two members of a Russian-affiliated ransomware group and carried out searches in western Ukraine. Investigators also named the alleged organizer, a Russian national, and placed him on an international wanted list through INTERPOL. Foreign law enforcement agencies said the individual may have […]
38% of small businesses experienced breaches or scams last year, and 41% of the attacks were AI-powered
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: A survey by the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based education and victim resource nonprofit, found that 38% of small businesses hit by a cyberscam or breach in the previous 12 months passed those losses to customers by raising prices. Another key finding: Cybercrime against small businesses is increasingly […]
Data Breach Cases Require Some Technological Issue for Business Court Designation in North Carolina
Preetha Suresh Rini of Robinson Bradshaw explains: In recent years, defendants in data breach class action lawsuits filed in the state courts in North Carolina have succeeded in designating these disputes to the North Carolina Business Court. The Business Court has accepted data breach cases involving ransomware attacks, phishing email incidents and tracking technology cases. […]
University of Phoenix notified almost 3.5 million people of the Oracle E-Business Suite incident
On November 21, 2025, the University of Phoenix learned it had been affected by the Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability that Clop threat actors had been exploiting to exfiltrate data between August 13, and August 22, 2025. The incident involved personal information for 3,489,274 people nationwide, as reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office on December […]
Former Conti and Black Basta member now known as “Devman” added to Interpol’s wanted list
Interpol has issued a red notice for Oleg Evgenievich NEFEDOV based on the filing by prosecutors in Frankfurt, Germany: via DataBreaches.net