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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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What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: The Facebook Serial Killer
This week, I’m looking at two fictional characters shaped by the collective unconscious of the internet. The first is “Robert Thibodeau,” a serial killer terrorizing Facebook so hard that people have to share his image. The second is Elon Man, the heroic, fictional version of Elon Musk whose daring deeds are recounted nightly around the digital campfire of the social…
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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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The best Cyber Monday phone deals I’d actually recommend to real people
Cyber Monday, you may have noticed, is no longer a specific date on the calendar. This year especially, with a late Thanksgiving in the US, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are more like a vibe. The deals started arriving well before Thanksgiving and they’ve lasted well into the weekend, just like turkey leftovers. If the new vibes-based Cyber Monday means…
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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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Houston home healthcare service notifies 22K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, credit cards, and medical info
Houston home healthcare company In-Home Attendant Services yesterday confirmed it notified 22,100 people about an October 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Government-issued ID number (e.g. driver’s license, passport) Financial account numbers Credit and debit card numbers Medical info Health insurance info Dates of birth Mailing addresses “Other” info In-Home Attendant Services on…
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Use Bluesky Directory to Find the Best Starter Packs of People to Follow
If you’re tuned in to digital culture news at all, it’s been impossible to miss the chatter about Bluesky over the past month. The fledgling social media site—which looks and acts a lot like Twitter did a decade ago, long before Elon Musk bought it and renamed it X—is exploding in popularity, doubling in size over the past two months…
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Great Plains Regional Medical Center notifies 133K people of data breach that compromised SSNs and medical info
Great Plains Regional Medical Center over the weekend confirmed it notified 133,149 people of a September 2024 data breach that compromised patients’ names, Social Security numbers, health insurance info, clinical treatment info, driver’s license numbers, and demographic details. GPRMC says it suffered a ransomware attack, though no cybercriminal group has claimed responsibility yet. “This investigation showed that an unknown person…
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HIBP notifies 57 million people of Hot Topic data breach
Have I Been Pwned warns that an alleged data breach exposed the personal information of 56,904,909 accounts for Hot Topic, Box Lunch, and Torrid customers. Hot Topic is an American retail chain specializing in counterculture-related clothing, accessories, and licensed music merchandise. The company operates over 640 stores across the United States and Canada, primarily located in shopping malls, and has…
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