Latest News: Data Breaches

Singing River Health System is notifying potential victims of a data breach that occurred due to a ransomware attack on August 16, 2023, in which the records of 895,204 individuals were stolen. The attack compromised sensitive patient and customer information, including social security numbers and

Dell Technologies has reported a data breach impacting approximately 49 million customers, exposing names and physical addresses. This incident has been traced back to unauthorized access of an online portal that stores customer information related to purchases on Dell’s site. The breach was

Nearly 800,000 individuals linked to the University System of Georgia (USG) have had their personal data exposed in a cyberattack involving the MOVEit software, a secure file transfer solution used by industries across the globe. The breach, which first came to light in May 2023, is one of many

The personal data of thousands of UK military personnel was compromised in a severe data breach targeting the Ministry of Defence, sparking widespread concern. The breach occurred in a third-party payroll system managed by SSCL — a contractor tasked with handling sensitive government department

Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, revealed how hackers penetrated Change Healthcare by using stolen credentials and taking advantage of a lack of multifactor authentication (MFA) in a troubling testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Large volumes of private health

Kaiser Permanente, a leading US healthcare provider, is notifying 13.4 million individuals that their data has been breached. The breach involved the accidental sharing of sensitive information with third-party advertisers. Revealed in a statement shared with TechCrunch, Kaiser Permanente mentioned

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) has reported a significant data breach. The breach occurred in February due to a successful phishing attack that compromised roughly two dozen employees’ email accounts, which then led to the exposure of sensitive personal and health

UnitedHealth Group has acknowledged that a recent ransomware attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare led to a massive data breach, affecting a "substantial proportion of people in America." The breach, one of the most significant in American healthcare history, resulted in the theft of sensitive

Cherry Health, a Michigan-based healthcare provider, revealed that a ransomware attack was responsible for a previously disclosed data breach. The breach compromised the personal and financial information of 184,372 victims, mostly from Michigan. The incident itself took place on December 21,

Cisco Duo recently announced the theft of SMS MFA logs for its service, which resulted from a breach affecting a third-party telephony provider. This incident, occurring on April 1, 2024, led to unauthorized access to sensitive customer data, including phone numbers, carriers, and metadata.