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Data breach at CODAC Behavioral Health compromises SSNs and medical information
Last week, Rhode Island’s largest non-profit opioid treatment provider, CODAC Behavioral Health, began issuing data breach notifications following a cyber attack in July 2024. This attack was claimed by ransomware gang Qilin in August with 9GB of data allegedly stolen. In its notification, CODAC said: “On July 24, 2024, CODAC detected suspicious activity in its network environment.” After securing its…
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FTC orders GM to stop collecting and selling driver’s data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful collection and selling drivers’ precise geolocation and driving behavior data from millions of vehicles. The U.S. government organization proposes a settlement in which the automotive giant will be barred from sharing drivers’ sensitive data for five years. The car maker also has…
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Data centers are growing in size and number as AI prompts widespread global expansion
Data centers will continue to surge in both size and number according to early reports in 2025, building on the trend of outlooks published last year. The average capacity of hyperscale data centers set to open between now and 2029 will be almost double that of current facilities, according to research from Synergy Research Group. While the critical IT load…
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Cloud storage growth set to skyrocket as AI drives data retention needs
The rise of AI means more cloud storage is necessary – and it may even need to double, offering a big boost to cloud services. That’s according to a survey by Seagate and Recon Analytics, which asked business leaders around the world how they believe AI will impact their company’s IT. The survey found that 61% of respondents who use…
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Otelier data breach exposes info, hotel reservations of millions
Hotel management platform Otelier suffered a data breach after threat actors breached its Amazon S3 cloud storage to steal millions of guests’ personal information and reservations for well-known hotel brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. The breach first allegedly occurred in July 2024, with continued access through October, with the threat actors claiming to have stolen amost eight terabytes of data…
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GDPR complaints filed against TikTok, Temu for sending user data to China
Non-profit privacy advocacy group “None of Your Business” (noyb) has filed six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi, for unlawfully transferring European user’s data to China and infringing European Union’s general data protection regulation (GDPR). Founded by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, NOYB works through legal action against companies that violate users’ privacy rights, particularly in areas…
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Personal data compromised in Gateshead Council cyber attack
Gateshead Council has fallen victim to a cyber attack in which personal data has been stolen. The council confirmed it was hit in the early hours of January 8th, and that the attack is under investigation by the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU). The local authority has reported the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and other…
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Law firm Wolf Haldenstein notifies 3.4 million people of data breach that compromised SSNs and medical info
Law firm Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz yesterday confirmed it notified 3,445,537 people of a December 2023 data breach that compromised Social Security numbers, employee ID numbers, medical diagnoses, and medical claim information. Ransomware gang Black Basta claimed responsibility for the breach shortly after it occurred. At the time, it gave Wolf Hadenstein just over a week to pay…
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Cannabis retailer STIIIZY notifies 380,000 customers of data breach
Cannabis retailer Stiiizy yesterday confirmed it notified 380,000 people of an October 2024 data breach that compromised the following customer info: Info from government-issued ID cards including driver’s licenses and medical cannabis cards Transactions with dispensaries Names Addresses Dates of birth Passport numbers Photographs Signatures “Other personal information” The attack was limited to California, where the following Stiiizy locations were…
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CoreWeave’s first two UK data centers are now operational
CoreWeave has opened its first two new data centers in the UK, with the company revealing they’ll host some of Europe’s largest Nvidia AI platform deployments. Powered by Nvidia H200 GPUs and scaled with Nvidia Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking, the first went live in October 2024 in Crawley with partner Digital Realty, whilst the second went live in December 2024 in…
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