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February 02, 2024
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FTC Order Will Require Blackbaud to Delete Unnecessary Data, Boost Safeguards to Settle Charges its Lax Security Practices Led to Data Breach

FTC says company’s poor security allowed hacker to steal sensitive data of millions of consumers, go undetected for months South Carolina-based Blackbaud Inc. will be required to delete personal data that it doesn’t need to retain as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that the company’s lax security allowed a […]

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January 29, 2024
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Ex-IRS Contractor Who Leaked Trump, Griffin Tax Data Gets Five Years in Prison

Bloomberg News reports: A former Internal Revenue Service contractor who stole and leaked the tax returns of former President Donald Trump, Ken Griffin, Elon Musk and other billionaires was sentenced to five years in prison. Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty Oct. 12 to stealing Trump’s tax data from the IRS and leaking it to the New York Times. He also admitted taking tax […]

Legal News, Data Breach News
January 28, 2024
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SolarWinds Seeks Dismissal of ‘Unfounded’ SEC Cybersecurity Suit

Bloomberg Law reports on a case that probably has a lot of CISOs somewhat nervous: SolarWinds Corp. issued a full-throated denial of wrongdoing in how it handled one of the worst cyberattacks in history in a Friday court filing seeking the dismissal of US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that its software security representations defrauded […]

Data Breach News
January 26, 2024
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23andMe admits it didn’t detect cyberattacks for months

23andMe continues to garner negative press for its incident response. It seems like only yesterday that they were trying to blame victims for reusing passwords as the cause of a credential stuffing attack that resulted in the theft of ancestry and genetic data of almost seven million users. But how will they explain to regulators […]

Data Breach News, News
January 25, 2024
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HPE: Russian hackers breached its security team’s email accounts

Bleeping Computer reports: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) disclosed today that suspected Russian hackers known as Midnight Blizzard gained access to the company’s Microsoft Office 365 email environment to steal data from its cybersecurity team and other departments. Midnight Blizzard, aka Cozy Bear, APT29, and Nobelium, is a Russian state-sponsored hacking group believed to be part […]

Data Breach News, Insurance News, Malware Ransomware
January 24, 2024
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First Financial Security, Inc. notifies 105,764 people of October ransomware attack

On October 17, 2023, First Financial Security, Inc. (“FFS”_ was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Georgia insurance agency recently notified those affected by the incident that the attack appeared to be an attempt to access and lock all data, including both sensitive and non-sensitive data. “Thankfully, the ransomware attack was not successful in […]

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January 23, 2024
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Patients Extorted Over Photos Sue Doctors for Security Failures

Bloomberg Law reports: Pilfered snapshots of patients baring their bodies ahead of life-saving cancer operations and plastic surgeries are unexpectedly landing in the vast landscape of the public internet after cyberattacks, as hackers seek new ways to turn a profit. Campaigns to extort victims during ransomware attacks against health-care providers are evolving, according to lawsuits […]