November 4, 2024 at 12:04PM The City of Columbus, Ohio, reported that 500,000 residents’ personal data may have been accessed in a ransomware attack by Rhysida. The breach involved sensitive information, including names, addresses, and social security numbers. Columbus offered two years of credit monitoring to affected residents and faces scrutiny over its response. ### … Read more
September 24, 2024 at 02:21PM The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed that over three million health plan beneficiaries had their health and personal information exposed in a ransomware attack on Wisconsin Physicians Service. The breach affected individuals with Medicare, compromising sensitive data such as Social Security numbers and mailing addresses. Impacted individuals … Read more
September 3, 2024 at 06:51AM The City of Columbus, Ohio, initially downplayed the impact of a ransomware attack in July. Subsequently, the city sued a researcher, David Leroy Ross, for disclosing the extent of the incident. Ross revealed that the attack was more significant than reported and shared stolen data, causing the city to offer … Read more
July 11, 2024 at 10:24AM Advance Auto Parts has notified over 2.3 million people about a data breach of personal information during Snowflake data theft attacks. This incident affected current and former employees and job applicants, with stolen data including names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s licenses. Advance is providing complimentary identity theft protection and … Read more
May 25, 2024 at 07:33PM Several pharmaceutical companies were affected by a security breach at Cencora, a pharmaceutical services provider, resulting in the exposure of sensitive personal data. Companies impacted include Novartis, Bayer, AbbVie, and others, who are issuing data breach notifications and providing identity protection services to affected individuals in response to the breach. … Read more
May 24, 2024 at 11:48AM Cencora, a pharmaceutical services provider, suffered a data breach in February 2024 due to a cyberattack, compromising personal data of patients and medication information. This incident has affected major pharmaceutical companies in the US. Cencora has offered affected individuals two years of free identity protection and credit monitoring services. The … Read more
April 30, 2024 at 04:14PM The Philadelphia Inquirer disclosed a May 2023 cyberattack which compromised the personal and financial data of 25,549 individuals. The breach led to disruption in the publication of the print newspaper, prompting home-delivery subscribers to rely on the unaffected website for news. The incident was claimed by the Cuba ransomware group, … Read more