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Financial Business and Consumer Solutions data breach impact now reaches 4.2 million people
BleepingComputer reports: Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has again increased the number of people impacted by a February data breach, now saying it affects 4.2 million people in the US. FBCS is a US debt collection agency that collects unpaid debts from consumer credit, healthcare, commercial, auto loans and leases, student loans, […]
Patient data from Geisinger Health System downloaded by vendor’s former employee after his employment was terminated
Penn Live reports an update to a case where a former employee of IT vendor Nuance Communications downloaded Geisinger patient data in November 2023 two days after the employee had been terminated by Nuance. Geisinger detected the suspicious downloading and notified Nuance, who then permanently terminated his access. Max Vance, aka Andre J. Burk, was […]
IRS: Contractor leaked more than 400k returns
Politico reports that a former IRS contractor in prison for leaking data actually leaked even more taxpayers’ information than had previously been disclosed: The IRS told House Republicans this month that a former contractor leaked the private data of more than 400,000 taxpayers, nearly six times higher than originally thought. Doug O’Donnell, the acting IRS commissioner, told […]
China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computers
The Register reports: A Chinese government-backed group is spoofing legitimate medical software to hijack hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, credential-swiping keyloggers, and cryptominers. Forescout’s Vedere Labs researchers on Monday sounded the alarm after identifying dozens of malware samples masquerading as Philips DICOM medical image viewers and other legitimate software. The samples, all collected between July […]
DISA Global Solutions reports more than 3.3 million people affected by 2024 data breach, but questions remain
DataBreaches.net reports than an updated incident report filed by DISA Global Solutions leaves a number of questions unanswered: Read more at DataBreaches.net
Orange Group confirms breach after Hellcat hacker leaks company documents
BleepingComputer reports: A hacker claims to have stolen thousands of internal documents with user records and employee data after breaching the systems of Orange Group, a leading French telecommunications operator and digital service provider. The threat actor published on a hacker forum details about the stolen data after trying to extort the company unsuccessfully. Orange […]
City of Roseburg residents first notified about data breach last summer
Some Oregon residents first learned this month that their personal information was stolen in a breach last summer. KOBI5 News reports: According to the City of Roseburg, on August 4, the city experienced a network disruption, and officials immediately opened an investigation. The forensic investigation lasted through January 6 to determine multiple individuals’ information had […]