Latest News: Data Breaches

Australian digital prescription services provider MediSecure has confirmed a significant data breach following a ransomware attack, resulting in the theft of 6.5 terabytes of sensitive information. The stolen data, which includes personal and health information of patients and healthcare providers,

Cybercriminal groups EquationCorp and USDoD have leaked the criminal records of millions of Americans online. According to a blog post by Malwarebytes, the exposed database contains 70 million rows of data, including sensitive personal information such as full names, dates of birth, known aliases,

WebTPA, a third-party health plan administrator, disclosed a data breach that has impacted approximately 2.4 million individuals. According to the notification on its website, the WebTPA breach occurred between April 18 and April 23, 2023, and was detected on December 28, 2023. WebTPA provides

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