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Three Steps Coinbase Users Should Take After a Hack Compromised One Million Accounts
Data breaches are most often the work of external bad actors, but sometimes the call comes from inside the house. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has disclosed that hackers paid off support agents—both employees and contractors located outside the U.S.—who had access to company systems to provide customer data and then demanded a $20 million ransom not to leak the information. Coinbase…
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Idaho hospital notifies 34K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, health info
Weiser Memorial Hospital this week confirmed it notified 34,249 people of a September 2024 data breach that compromised the following private info: Names Social Security numbers Government-issued ID numbers Treatments and procedures Medical diagnoses Health insurance info Dates of birth Ransomware gang Embargo claimed responsibility for the breach in September 2024, saying it stole 200 GB of data from the…
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IT services firm GeoLogics notifies 12K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, financial info
IT services company GeoLogics yesterday confirmed it notified 11,948 people of a December 2023 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, financial account info, and state-issued ID numbers. Ransomware gang DragonForce claimed responsibility for the breach, saying it stole 123 GB of data from GeoLogics. DragonForce lists GeoLogics on its data leak site. GeoLogics has not verified DragonForce’s claim.…
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Mobile provider MTN says cyberattack compromised customer data
African mobile giant MTN Group announced that a cybersecurity incident has compromised the personal information of some of its subscribers in certain countries. MTN Group (formerly M-Cell) is Africa’s largest mobile network operator, with a strong Asian market presence. The company has nearly 300 million subscribers across 20 countries and an annual revenue surpassing $11 billion. The telecom giant noted…
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A Data Breach at Yale New Haven Health Compromised 5.5 Million Patients’ Information
Credit: Alexander Farnsworth / iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Data breaches targeting healthcare and compromising patient information seem to be coming fast and furious, the latest of which occurred at Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), a massive nonprofit healthcare network in Connecticut. Hackers stole the data of more than 5.5 million individuals during an attack in…
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Urban One notifies hundreds of data breach that compromised SSNs, tax and financial info
US media conglomerate Urban One this week confirmed it notified hundreds of people about a February 2025 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, direct deposit info, W-2 information, and home addresses. Ransomware gang Cactus claimed responsibility for the breach on March 12, 2025, saying it stole 2.5 TB of data from Urban One. To prove its claim, Cactus…
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Alabama eye doctor notifies 131K people of data breach that compromised SSNs and medical info
Alabama Ophthalmology Associates this week confirmed it notified 131,576 people about a January 2025 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Health insurance info Treatment info Medical record number Medical history info Dates of birth Ransomware gang BianLian claimed responsibility for the attack. The group says it stole finance and HR data, patient records, biometric…
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Hertz notifies 1 million people of data breach that compromised credit cards, SSNs and more
Car rental company Hertz over the weekend confirmed it notified 1,000,175 people of a late-2024 data breach that compromised the following personal information: Names Contact info Payment card info Driver’s license info Info related to workers’ compensation claims Dates of birth Hertz says the breach also exposed a small number of peoples’ Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, passport info,…
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Over 16,000 Fortinet devices compromised with symlink backdoor
Over 16,000 internet-exposed Fortinet devices have been detected as compromised with a new symlink backdoor that allows read-only access to sensitive files on previously compromised devices. This exposure is being reported by threat monitoring platform The Shadowserver Foundation, which initially reported 14,000 devices were exposed. Today, Shadowserver’s Piotr Kijewski told BleepingComputer that the cybersecurity organization now detects 16,620 devices impacted…
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Lee University notifies 137K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, credit cards, and medical info
Lee University in Tennessee this week confirmed it notified 136,928 people of a March 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Government-issued ID numbers (e.g. driver’s license, passport) Financial info including credit and debit card numbers Medical info Lee University first announced it suffered a “security incident” on March 22, 2024. Ransomware gang Medusa…
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