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More than 5 million Americans just had their personal information exposed in the Yale New Haven Health data breach – and lawsuits are already rolling in
A data breach at Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) has exposed data belonging to millions of people – and lawsuits have already been filed. YNHHS runs more than 360 locations across Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island, and is notifying patients that their personal data might have been affected. According to an entry on the US Department of Health and…
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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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This Massive Insurance Data Breach Leaked 1.6 Million Users’ Information
A known data breach affecting a major insurance administrator may have compromised the personal information of nearly twice as many people as previously reported. A May 2024 cyberattack on Landmark Admin is believed to include at least 1.6 million people’s data, according to an updated filing with the Maine attorney general’s office. Landmark Admin is a Texas-based third-party administrator (TPA)…
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DOGE is reportedly building a ‘master database’ of government information
The Committee has also received reports about troubling, fumbling efforts by DOGE to combine sensitive information held by SSA, the IRS, HHS, and other agencies into a single cross-agency master database. Improving how federal agencies share data to improve outcomes and customer service is a longstanding and bipartisan goal in Congress. Information obtained by the Committee, however, indicates that DOGE…
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Businesses must get better at sharing cyber information, urges former GCHQ chief
The former head of GCHQ has warned businesses face increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI), urging firms to pay closer attention to geopolitics and collaborate on fighting the next generation of threats. Jeremy Fleming, who served as director of the agency from 2017 to 2023, says the ‘big four’ – generally understood as China, Russia, North Korea,…
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‘Digital hide-and-seek’: Workers are wasting hundreds of hours a year sourcing the information they need to carry out their role
Knowledge workers globally are wasting a quarter of their working week tracking down information, new research from Atlassian has revealed. UK workers specifically waste an average of 9 hours a week locating the information they need to do their work, accounting for hundreds of hours annually and inflicting significant strain on teams. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of UK employees said workloads…
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Another Healthcare Data Breach Compromised a Million Patients’ Information
Credit: Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock The healthcare sector is one of the most common targets for hackers and cyber criminals, and yet another data breach has put the personal data of more than a million patients at risk. Community Health Center (CHC), a nonprofit healthcare provider in Connecticut, has disclosed that hackers gained access to its system in October and stole…
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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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TikTok Influencers Are Wrong About Hackers Stealing Credit Card Information Over AirDrop
Before I get started: No, people can’t steal your credit card information using AirDrop. AirDrop doesn’t even know what your credit card number is. In a hoax that’s been spreading around TikTok as of late (the source of the rumor is unclear), viral videos are now saying that hackers can use the iPhone’s AirDrop feature to steal your credit card…
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Why you should always offboard outgoing staff: A disgruntled ex-Disney employee targeted former colleagues with DDoS attacks and hacked its menu system to change peanut allergen information
A former Disney employee faces federal cyber crime charges after being accused of hacking into the entertainment giant’s menu system. The disgruntled ex-menu production manager, Michael Scheuer, was fired in June for alleged misconduct, but is now charged with attempting to mislabel menu items, hiding the fact they contained peanuts. “The threat actor manipulated the allergen information on menus by…
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