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Travel tech company Sabre notifies 30K people about data breach that compromised SSNs
Software maker Sabre yesterday confirmed it notified 29,590 people about a July 2022 data breach that compromised the following personal information: Names Social Security numbers Dates of birth Employment info Financial account numbers ID cards such as passports and driver’s licenses Signatures Ransomware gang Dunghill Leak claimed responsibility for the July 2022 attack, but Sabre didn’t discover the breach until…
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Florida insurance industry attorney notifies 10K+ people of data breach
Bronstein & Carmona, a Fort Lauderdale law firm that defends auto insurance companies, over the weekend confirmed it notified 10,792 people about a February 2024 data breach. The attorney did not publicly disclose what information was compromised. It is offering eligible victims free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, which implies the data contained Social Security numbers and/or other information…
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Anna Jaques Hospital ransomware breach exposed data of 300K patients
Anna Jaques Hospital has confirmed on its website that a ransomware attack it suffered almost precisely a year ago, on December 25, 2023, has exposed sensitive health data for over 310,000 patients. Anna Jaques is a not-for-profit community hospital in Massachusetts, recognized for delivering high-quality care and performing over 4,700 surgeries yearly. As a mid-size acute hospital providing 83 beds, 200…
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Massachusetts hospital notifies 316,000 people of data breach that compromised SSNs, medical and financial info
Anna Jaques Hospital in Massachusetts yesterday confirmed it notified 316,342 people about a December 2023 data breach that compromised the following patient info: Name Social Security number Demographic info Medical info Health insurance info Driver’s license number Financial info “Other” personal or health info Ransomware gang Money Message claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it stole 500 GB of data…
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New River Electrical notifies 10K people of data breach claimed by ransomware gang
New River Electrical Corporation, an electrical construction company from Virginia, this week confirmed it notified 9,845 people of an April 2024 data breach. Ransomware gang BlackLock in August claimed responsibility for the breach, saying it stole 2.44 TB of confidential data. New River has not verified BlackLock’s claim, and has not publicly disclosed what data was compromised. The company is…
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Bologna FC confirms data breach after RansomHub ransomware attack
Bologna Football Club 1909 has confirmed it suffered a ransomware attack after its stolen data was leaked online by the RansomHub extortion group. The Italian football team warns not to download or disseminate any of the stolen data, claiming it is a “serious criminal offense.” “Bologna FC 1909 S.p.a. would like to communicate that a ransomware cyber attack recently targeted its internal…
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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust investigating data breach after ransomware gang claims attack
Last night, ransomware gang INC added Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to its data leak site. It alleges to have stolen patient records, donor reports, and procurement data from 2018 to 2024. Comparitech contacted the children’s hospital in Liverpool for more information and the Trust subsequently released a statement. In it, it confirmed it was aware of the threats…
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Nebraskan credit union notifies over 52K people of data breach following ransomware attack
Liberty First Credit Union is notifying 52,496 people of a data breach following a cyber attack in September 2024. Ransomware group RansomHub added the Nebraskan credit union to its data leak site at the time after allegedly stealing 254GB of data. In its notification, the credit union confirms that: “On September 17, 2024, we discovered that an unknown, unauthorized third…
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Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in ‘Nearest Neighbor Attack’
Russian state hackers APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard/Sofacy) breached a U.S. company through its enterprise WiFi network while being thousands of miles away, by leveraging a novel technique called “nearest neighbor attack.” The threat actor pivoted to the target after first compromising an organization in a nearby building within the WiFi range. The attack was discovered on February 4, 2022, when cybersecurity…
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Finastra breach puts file transfer security in the spotlight, says expert
Fintech firm Finastra is investigating a cybersecurity breach related to one of its file transfer systems, and experts have told ITPro that this highlights an important issue for organizations. Finastra first detected suspicious activity on an internally hosted Secure File Transfer Platform (SFTP) on November 7, according to a statement first reported on and shared by cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs.…
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