Latest News: Data Breaches

Casio, the Japanese electronics giant, confirmed that a ransomware attack earlier this month resulted in the exposure of over 200 GB of sensitive data. The breach, which occurred on October 5, was linked to the Underground ransomware group, a relatively new player in the cybercrime world. This

Money transfer giant MoneyGram has confirmed a major data breach in which hackers stole sensitive personal and transaction information of customers following a cyberattack between September 20 and 22, 2024. The attack, which resulted in a temporary system outage, has left customers vulnerable to

Comcast, the US telecommunications company, and Truist Bank, a US financial services company, are informing their customers about a data breach involving their partner Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency. The breach, which took place between February 14 and

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has confirmed that personal and health information of more than 3.1 million individuals was compromised following a cyberattack on Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS), a contractor providing Medicare administrative services. The breach, tied

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about the discovery of thousands of non-password-protected biometric images and metadata records belonging to ChoiceDNA — a company that offers genetic DNA testing and DNA Face Matching services.   Recently,

Payment processor Slim CD, based in Florida, is currently under investigation for a significant data breach that exposed the credit card information of nearly 1.7 million customers. The breach, which took place between August 2023 and June 2024, compromised customer names, addresses, credit card

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password-protected database that contained thousands of records belonging to Confidant Health — an AI-powered platform offering mental health and addiction treatment. The database contained patient PII,

In a significant cybersecurity breach, Young Consulting, a software solutions provider based in Atlanta, disclosed that the personal information of 954,177 individuals was compromised in a ransomware attack. The attack was reportedly conducted by the BlackSuit group on April 10, 2024, and targeted

Nearly 2.9 billion individuals' personal data was exposed on the dark web after an April 2024 breach of National Public Data, a background-check company. The data, allegedly stolen by the cybercriminal group USDoD, was offered for sale at $3.5 million on the Dark Web, as detailed in a Bloomberg Law

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to VpnMentor about the discovery of 13 non-password-protected databases that contained 4.6 million documents, including voter records, ballots, multiple lists, and election-related records. I recently discovered a