Utah-Based Mortgage Company Must Pay $825,000 for Failing to Protect Californians’ Personal Information
Source: California DFPI, August 13, 2026
Trump taps cyber firms to go on offensive against criminals
The Record reports: The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, according to a presidential memorandum released late on Wednesday. The firms will partner with the Justice and Homeland Security departments on offensive operations and surveillance targeting “transnational cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes against American citizens.” “By partnering with vetted United […]
Stolen Change Healthcare data gets new handling rules in court order
Becker’s Health IT reports: Read the rest of the rules at Becker’s Health IT.
700Credit $17.5 Million Data Breach Class Action Settlement
ClaimDepot reports: Consumers who received a notice that the 700Credit data breach may have affected their personal information could qualify to submit a claim for up to $2,500 from a class action settlement. The cybersecurity incident impacted approximately 5.8 million individuals. 700Credit LLC, a company that provides credit reports and other information to auto, RV, powersports and marine […]
Healthcare Services Group agrees to $3M settlement after 2024 breach
Paubox reports: In October of 2024, Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), a Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based provider of environmental, dining, and nutritional support for healthcare facilities, became aware of a data breach that impacted 624,496 individuals, including employees and patients. Data that was accessed in the breach included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state identification numbers, financial account information, full […]
KPMG sacks senior partner after finding she hid board documents
Financial Review reports: KPMG has sacked its former chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett from the firm’s partnership in a rare move after finding she had stored printed copies of confidential Lendlease board documents in her locker, shared them with her colleagues to win audit contracts, and repeatedly lied about it. A furious John Sams, the […]
SEBI penalizes Central Depository Services for cybersecurity lapses related to 2022 malware attack, imposes Rs 1 crore penalty
MoneyControl reports: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore [USD $103,683.10 at today’s rate] on Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL), holding that a series of cybersecurity failures enabled the malware attack that disrupted the depository’s operations in November 2022 and affected settlement activities across […]
AdaptHealth Notifies SEC About Material Incident
BankInfoSecurity reports: A publicly traded home medical equipment and services supplier has told U.S. regulators that hackers recently stole a potentially large volume of patients’ sensitive health and personal information, including data from external electronic health record portals, in a social engineering incident. Pennsylvania-based AdaptHealth in a July 2 filing to the U.S. Securities and […]
Stryker moves to dismiss cyberattack class-action lawsuit
Becker’s Health IT reports an update to litigation stemming from the previously reported cyberattack on the medical device manufacturer by pro-Iranian hackers. Stryker has filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated class-action lawsuit stemming from the March 11 cyberattack that disrupted its business operations. Eight current and former Stryker employees sued the medical device maker within 48 […]
Customers Sue Madison Square Garden Over Hacking of 26 Million Records
The New York Times reports: In the days before the Knicks won the N.B.A. finals, sending New York City into a rapture, a hacking group was quietly working to steal data from Madison Square Garden, including the records of celebrities and other customer information, according to three class-action lawsuits filed against the companies that own the […]