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Ho ho, oh no! More than 400,000 people had data stolen in cyberattack on American Addiction Centers
The Record reports: A September ransomware attack on American Addiction Centers exposed the sensitive healthcare information of more than 400,000 people. The company began mailing out breach notification letters ahead of the Christmas holiday, warning 422,424 people that Social Security numbers and health insurance information were among the data leaked during the attack. The company runs a […]
Dark Web Facial ID Farm Warning—Hackers Build Identity Fraud Database
Have you ever been approached by someone offering you money for a picture of yourself and your identity documents like your passport? Did you take them up on their offer? Forbes reports: Update, Dec. 26, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 25 now includes a breakdown of the know your customer attack threat methodology that […]
Inside Loandepot’s plan to settle data breach claims
In early January, loanDepot posted a message on its site about a cyberattack that resulted in it taking its systems offline. In February, BlackCat threat actors claimed responsibility for the attack while loanDepot began notifying almost 17 million customers. Now National Mortgage News reports that a settlement is pending approval by a federal court judge: […]
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy Kwanzaa! Whatever holiday or holidays you celebrate, we wish you a happy one. The Data Breach Times will return on Thursday.
Ascension reveals a May ransomware attack affected 5.6 million patients (1)
It took them months to update their report, but Ascension has now disclosed how many patients were affected by a ransomware attack they disclosed earlier this year. Bleeping Computer reports: Ascension, one of the largest private U.S. healthcare systems, is notifying nearly 5.6 million patients and employees that their personal and health data was stolen […]
$21M Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. data breach class action settlement
From Top Class Actions, news of a settlement involving insurance brokerage firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. agreed to a $21 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a 2020 data breach that compromised sensitive employee and client information. The Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. […]
Microsoft to delete 1 billion weak passwords
If you’re still using default passwords or easy-to-brute-force passwords, your days are numbered. Boing Boing reports: Read more at BoingBoing.
Getting new devices for the holidays? Do you know how to delete data from the old ones?
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has some interesting findings about how many consumers either do not know how to protect their information when they are getting rid of old devices or aren’t concerned enough: New figures reveal that three in 10 UK adults (29%) don’t know how to wipe their personal information from an […]