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Texan plastic surgeon notifies 32K people of data breach that leaked medical info and patient images
Vitenas Cosmetic Surgery is notifying 31,852 people of a February 2025 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and health information. Ransomware gang Kairos claimed the attack after allegedly stealing 734 GB of data. Images of patients were included in its proof pack. In its notification, Vitenas confirms that: “On or about February 26, 2025, we detected we were the…
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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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Data breach at Las Vegas real estate developer leaks SSNs, medical info
Las Vegas real estate developer The Siegel Group this week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about a January 2025 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Dates of birth Passport numbers State-issued ID cards Alien registration numbers Direct deposit account numbers Signatures Medical info Ransomware gang Interlock claimed responsibility for the breach…
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Georgia community service organization suffers data breach that leaked SSNs and medical info
Pineland Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Community Service Board this week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about a November 2024 data breach that leaked the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Dates of birth Medical info including: Billing info Treatments Dates of service Diagnoses Medical records Guardians Ransomware gang Space Bears claimed responsibility for the breach…
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‘It’s your worst nightmare’: A batch of €5 hard drives found at a flea market held 15GB of Dutch medical records – and experts warn it could’ve caused a disastrous data breach
A Dutch IT company has demonstrated exactly how not to handle data protection after a number of hard drives containing sensitive medical data were found for sale at a Belgian flea market. First reported in Dutch broadcaster Omroep Brabant, 62-year-old Robert Polet from Breda found the hard drives on sale for roughly €5 each in a flea market after taking…
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Carolina Arthritis notifies 37K patients of data breach that compromised medical info & SSNs
Carolina Arthritis Associates has issued 36,961 patients with a data breach letter following a cyber attack in September 2024. The attack was claimed by ransomware gang ThreeAM. The data breach involves: Dates of birth Medical treatment or procedure information Medical record numbers Medical provider names Social security numbers The North Carolina health center explains that the breach occurred following a…
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15 of the Best Medical Dramas on Streaming
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Noah Wiley can’t seem to escape the emergency room. After spending more than a decade on NBC’s ’90s mega-hit E.R., he’s back in scrubs for HBO’s buzzy new doctor show The Pitt. If that show hasn’t quite scratched your itch for medical drama, there are plenty of other shows to…
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Detroit PBS notifies 1,700 of data breach that compromised SSNs, passwords, financial and medical info
Detroit PBS over the weekend confirmed it notified 1,694 people about an August 2024 data breach that compromised the following private info: Names Social Security numbers Passwords and usernames Medical info Health insurance info Addresses Employer ID numbers Driver’s license numbers The public broadcaster says unauthorized users accessed its systems between August 12 and August 31, 2024. Ransomware gang Qilin…
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San Antonio doctors notify 2,000 patients of data breach that compromised SSNs, financial and medical info
Consultants in Pain Medicine yesterday confirmed it notified 2,062 Texans about a June 2024 data breach that compromised the following patient info: Names Social Security numbers Dates of Birth Driver’s license or other state-issued ID number Financial account into Passport numbers Medical info Health insurance policy info Ransomware gang Inc claimed responsibility for the attack in August 2024. To prove…
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Hayward, CA notifies residents of data breach that compromised SSNs, credit cards, and medical records
The city of Hayward, California last week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about a July 2023 data breach that compromised the following info: Social Security numbers Medical records Financial account info Driver’s licenses Credit and debit card numbers The city says it suffered a ransomware attack, but no ransomware group has claimed responsibility as of time of…
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