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Latest News: Data Breaches

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

Husain Parvez First published on October 14, 2024

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

Anka Markovic Borak First published on October 11, 2024

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

Hendrik Human First published on September 30, 2024

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,

Jeremiah Fowler First published on September 26, 2024

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

Hendrik Human First published on September 17, 2024

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

Husain Parvez First published on August 29, 2024

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

Hendrik Human First published on August 09, 2024

Minnesota-based spyware maker Spytech has fallen victim to a significant data breach, exposing the sensitive data of thousands of devices worldwide. According to TechCrunch, unknown hackers accessed Spytech’s servers and obtained a cache of files that included detailed activity logs from more than

Husain Parvez First published on July 28, 2024
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